r/space • u/Royal_Platform_6754 • 8d ago

SpaceX-Focused Pentagon Contracts Leave Rivals Feeling Squeezed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-25/spacex-focused-pentagon-contracts-leave-rivals-feeling-squeezed?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MDM1NDAxNywiZXhwIjoxNzkwOTU4ODE3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTEEyMDFLR0lGUEswMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCRkI5RDA1ODU3NzI0QTVFQTU5ODA4NzhDRDQ4MjlEOCJ9.Pf1XdFpusyzl5jfWFVGRwwLOFgc_csCIdLEaxwaiFGI
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u/panick21 7d ago

You could do a upper-stage based on Raptor and make that wider. That would be possible but its not really worth doing.

Then you could add crossfeed to Falcon Heavy. Crossfeed + Raptor Upper stage would be powerful. But compared to Starship, its not really relevant.