Quote from: mme on 02/26/2014 06:55 amI don't know if there is a market for the Falcon 1, but I can't imagine SpaceX taking the opportunity cost of diverting engineers and manufacturing to the Falcon 1 even though it's a cool rocket. Gents, the point of this thread is not to discuss why SpaceX has chosen not to continue with Falcon 1, it is quite clear that it doesn't fit within either their short term commercial spaceflight goals (manned crew, commercial cargo resupply, GEO sats, Falcon Heavy etc...) or their long term vision (mars). I simply asked if there would be a market in the commercial launch arena which a re-engineered Falcon 1 could service. This does not imply that SpaceX should or must service that market, the consensus (from those who remained on topic) seems to be that there is a market and that a new build Falcon 1 (or Falcon 1 like vehicle) would be quite competitive compared to the competition.
I don't know if there is a market for the Falcon 1, but I can't imagine SpaceX taking the opportunity cost of diverting engineers and manufacturing to the Falcon 1 even though it's a cool rocket.
