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> SpaceX might be able to get to $1M marginal cost for a launch, but you can bet they will never sell launches for that. So, if they mark it up by an order of
by randallsquared 5y ago
> SpaceX might be able to get to $1M marginal cost for a launch, but you can bet they will never sell launches for that.
So, if they mark it up by an order of magnitude for external customers, you're predicting that a Starship launch might be cheaper than a Falcon 9 launch is, today, with a capacity of a dozen times the Falcon 9?
- ncmncm 5y agoSure? Cheaper per pound is fine, but teasing with prices 10x less than you will actually charge is no more honest than charging for a self-driving feature that kills people who rely on it.
- mannerheim 5y agoPrices are not the same thing as costs.
- ncmncm 5y agoAnd goalposts are easy to move.
- mannerheim 5y agoThe goalpost was at cost. Price was your own invention.