<story><title>A look into the finances of SpaceX</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/tech/behind-the-curtain-of-elon-musks-secretive-spacex-revenue-growth-and-rising-costs-2c828e2b</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bell-cot</author><text>From Reuters...&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In 2022, revenue doubled to $4.6 billion, helping the company reduce its loss last year to $559 million from $968 million, the WSJ reported.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The company reported about $5.2 billion in total expenses for 2022, up from $3.3 billion the year earlier, according to the report.&lt;p&gt;That $5.2B of expenses got 61 successful, production Falcon rocket launches in 2022.  Vs. some pretty-reasonable estimates put the total cost of NASA&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Space Launch System&amp;quot; at ~$5B &lt;i&gt;per individual launch&lt;/i&gt;.</text></comment>
<story><title>A look into the finances of SpaceX</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/tech/behind-the-curtain-of-elon-musks-secretive-spacex-revenue-growth-and-rising-costs-2c828e2b</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Leary</author><text>Its revenue will almost double again this year (2023) by looking at the number of launches[1]. Definitely the most exciting company Elon has (personal opinion)&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spacexstats.xyz&amp;#x2F;#launchhistory-per-year&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spacexstats.xyz&amp;#x2F;#launchhistory-per-year&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>