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SpaceX is supposedly selling F9 flights for $50 million already, while the competition is selling comparable flights for $150/$170 million. As SpaceX is still
by felipeko 8y ago
SpaceX is supposedly selling F9 flights for $50 million already, while the competition is selling comparable flights for $150/$170 million.
As SpaceX is still recouping the technology research investment, 95% may be a stretch, but 80% reduction is not that far of really, it will probably be very close to that if they are able to reuse fairing.
- nkoren 8y agoThe competition is only selling at $150-$170M today because SpaceX pushed them into it. 10 years ago, F9-class payloads would've cost $400-500M (on Western launchers; Russia and China were always cheaper). Those prices had been pretty stable for decades; the key thing which has changed since then is the presence of a real competitor. So 80%-90% has already happened.