Um, also, ithashassomuchcapability, sociablecapability, thatthananyothervehiclesthat I thinkwecanstarttocontemplaterealisticallycontemplatemissionslike a Marssamplereturn, whichrequirestwominutesnotlookcapablebecauseyou'vegottosend, uh, a landertoMarsthathasstillhasenoughpropellanttoreturntous.
So, um, ifyoutrytodo a missionlikethatwith a smallervehicle, youhavetosendseveral, doseverallaunches, andeitherdoovertherendezvousordosomesortofmuchmorecomplexmission.
Whereaswithfalconheavy, youcouldpotentiallydoitwith a singleflight.
Um, yeah, I thinkthat's literallyhundredsofquestions.
Um, andwe'realsomakingsomedesignimprovementstoimprovethemanufacturerabilitysowecouldgoto a highrateofengineproductionareanticipating.
Ifmostdemandendsupbeinglikewethinkitis, we'llhaveproductionrateofabout 400 restrictions a year, which I thinkwould b'moreentrancethantherestofworldproductioncombined.
It's notalwayswithwiththesamedispensethatwouldmakeit a littleconvenient, butBut I thinkthere's likelythatmostofallflightswillcarrySecretarysettlingokayfree.
Well, uh, I thinkyoushoulddefinitelycountonFalconheavybeingthereforthelongterm.
We'realsoinvestigatingthepossibilitythatthecapeofusingoneoftheoldshuttlepadsforFalconheavyUm, that's That's a possibility, but I defaultplanistouseourexistinglaunchpad, butupgradedsuchthatthere's hangarwhereyoucompressthespellcaninethatrollsthepadandanotherhang a kindof 90 degreeswhereyoucompressthespell's heavyandeitheroneofthemcontroltothepats.
Itreallydependsonthelaunchrate, so I expectthatnumbertogrowovertime.
But I thinkonceitreallygetsgoingandwedoexpectmorelunchestooccurfromtheCapethanfromfromVandenberginthelongholewithFalconheavybecausethatthe, uh, mostofourcommercialcustomerswanttogotoGTO, whichobviouslytoCapelaunches.
Soexpectingprobably a couple 100 jobs.
Itdependsoncustomerdemand.
So I'd sayit's it's probably 2 to 3 years, butitreallydependsonwhatthecustomer, uh, adoptionrateis.
I think I'm confident a coupleotherjobswhenthecuffscustomadoptionishigh.
Whenwe'redoingseverallaunches a year, I thinkwe'llprobablydoasmanyFalconheavylaunchesaswedoFalconnineinches.
I mean, ourroughballparkestimateis, uh, somethingintheorderof 20 launches a year, ofwhichroughlyhalf a falconheavyroughlyhalf a falconnine.