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mpg33 | 7 years ago

Had no idea they had 6000 employees..

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mcs5280|7 years ago

I think their headcount surprises a lot of people. SpaceX has gotten very big over the past few years trying to carve out market share and evolve F9. The old incumbent competition (ULA) has around 3500 employees. Part of the difference in headcount is likely because SpaceX does a lot more in-house manufacturing, but still it seems like a large differential.

arthurcolle|7 years ago

The article cites "at least 7,000" actually.

jiveturkey|7 years ago

It currently says:

> SpaceX, citing a need to get “leaner,” said Friday it will lay off more than 10% of its roughly 6,000 employees.

And no further mention of number of employees. Perhaps a previous edit had a typo.