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Growing up, I'd see the cost of "$10k/pound" quoted everywhere as the cost of getting things into orbit. With the rise of commercial spaceflight and inflation
by cwkoss 10y ago
Growing up, I'd see the cost of "$10k/pound" quoted everywhere as the cost of getting things into orbit. With the rise of commercial spaceflight and inflation, how has this number changed?
- valarauca1 10y agoCurrently it hasn't. Musk's rockets while landing, haven't been mass re-used yet. So SpaceX hasn't adjusted it's pricing. Bezos's rockets while landing/re-launching aren't putting cargo in orbit. So they have no KG/$$ to obit prices. Everyone else is just doing single use disposable still. Likely we could see prices start to fall within maybe 3-5 years once re-usability is proved out and pricing adjusted.
- neuromancer2701 10y agoAt its 2016 launch price and at full LEO payload capacity, the Falcon 9 FT cost $1,233 per pound ($2,719/kg).
- neuromancer2701 10y agoAdditionally, the Heavy could drop it to $1,600/kg. This does not take into consideration any of the reusability so SpaceX has lowered the cost an order of magnitude already.