Oh what it was to have a simple business model! Provide launch services for the US Department of Defense and NASA, a market closed to foreigners, which was effectively a monopoly position enabling premium prices for availability and reliability; and ready access to a robust and dependable main rocket engine for your heavy lifter. But how so quickly the wheels can fall off. Politics stymies the supply of motors from your friendly Russian contractor; and two, not just one, billionaire rocket men begin to muscle in on a cosy relationship with your prime customers - with the temerity to offer much lower prices!
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