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Well fuel, staff, etc. is relatively cheap compared to the cost of the rocket and we know for a fact that they can easily refly boosters many times. So unless t
by yreg 4y ago
Well fuel, staff, etc. is relatively cheap compared to the cost of the rocket and we know for a fact that they can easily refly boosters many times. So unless their rockets cost an order of magnitude more to build then the competitors' they should be able to launch with low costs to themselves.
- ncmncm 4y agoThey spend on fuel, expended upper-stage rocket, and maybe fairings? Do they retrieve fairings? I know they had a boat to chase and catch them, and gave that up. They could make them float, with a beacon, and drive out and get them, and wash the salt off. I would think so, but back when they still chased them, I was viciously downvoted for suggesting that would be cheaper.
- mwint 4y agoYes, they’re regularly using recovered fairings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_fairing_recovery_program https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_fairing_recovery_prog...