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That was just the cost of launching cargo. I found a report from NASA on the exact costs here. [1] --- Space Shuttle - $54,500/kg to orbit, $93,400/kg to the
by somenameforme 3y ago
That was just the cost of launching cargo. I found a report from NASA on the exact costs here. [1]
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Space Shuttle - $54,500/kg to orbit, $93,400/kg to the ISS
Falcon 9 - $2,720/kg to orbit, $23,300/kg to the ISS
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The Falcon Heavy is about $1500/kg to orbit. Note the units as we're swapping between kg and pounds in this thread pretty regularly.
[1] - https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20200001093 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20200001093