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> but wanted to note that the money they spend doesn't get "burnt". Rocketry comes pretty close though.

• Klathmon 10y ago
  Which is something that SpaceX and Blue Origin are working to stop. IIRC Elon Musk has stated that the cost of fuel is almost negligible in current rockets.
  • usrusr 10y ago
    The goal of rocket reusability is to get the fraction of launch costs that is spent on burning stuff as close to 100% as possible. In a somewhat literal way, by making launches cheaper they are making "rocketry is burning money" more true, not less.
    • sqeaky 10y ago
      In a strictly literal interpretation of an entirely figurative figure of speech. The money might literal be burnt in the form of fuel, but it will be only the cost of the fuel. Modern and older rockets had to burn that and effectively burn all the other disposable costs, like the whole rocket and every piece of gear sent up. The situation is certainly being improved by these new innovators, and that is the point that was trying to be made and it is highly likely that you knew that.