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No, the cost of the fuel is almost entirely irrelevant; the entire fuel for the rocket launch is less than 1% of the total cost. The motivation behind saving f
by adwn 11y ago
No, the cost of the fuel is almost entirely irrelevant; the entire fuel for the rocket launch is less than 1% of the total cost.
The motivation behind saving fuel by landing on a barge is that the fuel thus saved can be transformed into additional speed of the upper stage, enabling a larger payload.
- nickik 11y agoLiterally what I said 'Every kilogram of fuel you save is extra profit.'. They make profit by sending payload into space.
- adwn 11y ago> "Every kilogram of fuel you save is extra profit." No, it's not: Additional performance (i.e., payload capacity) does not get them more money from a customer if that customer's payload doesn't require more performance. If you want to be pedantic you might argue that more performance allows for more customers, but then not "every kilogram" is extra profit, because the spectrum is not continuous.