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That's impressive revisionism. Where's the Soviet reusable launch vehicle that is half the price, is able to reuse even one stage and takes less than a month to
by dotnet00 3y ago
That's impressive revisionism. Where's the Soviet reusable launch vehicle that is half the price, is able to reuse even one stage and takes less than a month to refurbish?
- iwontberude 3y agoNevermind
- DarmokJalad1701 3y agoInteresting. What is this amazing Russian rocket that can put 200 metric tons in Low Earth Orbit while being expendable?
- GolfPopper 3y agoSounds like the Russians could clean up in space-launch market. Why aren't they?
- blkhawk 3y agoGood thing that falcon 9 is already very much less than "half" the price. And starship should be utilized fully will probably ven cheaper for the same mass-to-orbit
- tempaway444641 3y agoShow me anyone that _ever_ got a cost per kg to leo cheaper than spacex
- dotnet00 3y agoThe latest Soyuz revision is ~$50m per launch, it has a payload less than half of a Falcon 9 that lands on a droneship, and ~2/3rd of a Falcon 9 that returns to launch site. Making it twice the cost per kg. The highest flight rate it has ever achieved has been 2/month. It has a 96% success rate. The latest Falcon 9 revision is ~$67m per launch. Lately it flies every ~3 days. Over the past year it has flown ~100 times. It has a 99.4% launch success rate, and a 98% landing success rate. Clearly this shows that the Russians are superior.
- golol 3y ago>The latest Falcon 9 revision is ~$67m per launch And that is the price, the cost is unknown but likely lower.
- dotnet00 3y agoYeah, the internal cost is believed to be ~$30m, but I didn't compare on that number since we don't have a well known number for Soyuz's internal cost.
- iwontberude 3y agoI don’t know what I’m talking about. Thanks for the info.
- tempaway444641 3y agoProps for replying
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