Comments on: Amazon investors sue company for not considering SpaceX as potential launch provider

By: Mike Borgelt

Mike Borgelt — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 21:37:55 +0000

No way would Musk give Kuiper priority over Starlink, his cash cow. He’d likely allocate some paying launches at a stiff premium.
Make money while shafting Bezos.
I sure wouldn’t put money into Kuiper. Musk has first mover advantage, already has improved the satellites and when Starship flies, the ability to build out his constellation far faster than Bezos can.
I think the Amazon investors are going to lose their money on this one.

By: James Street

James Street — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:27:06 +0000

Primary responsibility of a corporation: maximize profit.

By: BillB

BillB — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:09:42 +0000

It occurred to me while reading the post that Amazon’s Project Kuiper may just be a money laundering scheme. What gives me that sense are the delays of all three launch providers having an orbital launch capability for Kuiper. Maybe this will get Jeff to get over his ego and actually pay the going rate for Falcon 9 launches. As Diane Wilson pointed out, Kuiper will get launch priority over Starlink. What better way to poke at Elon.

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:21:15 +0000

Maybe that would have given Musk the opportunity to charge Bezos a non-refundable cash-on-the-barrel deposit of 100%, plus a 100% priority-bump fee, also in cash?

Just kidding. Maybe.

By: Diane Wilson

Diane Wilson — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:09:12 +0000

If Amazon really wanted to hurt Starlink, they could have bought all 83 launches on SpaceX, not only providing the least expensive launch service, but also ensuring that Kuiper launches would have priority over Starlink launches. SpaceX has always given priority to paying customers, as they did with OneWeb. Starlink gets the launch slots that aren’t taken by paying customers.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:12:17 +0000

Reading the contracts and lawsuit, it was discussed that a fourth launch provider’s name was redacted. Most likely that name was SpaceX.

All I can say is don’t mess with the Teamsters, or Jeff Bezos will end up like Jimmy Hoffa.