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I don't think we have a number for it yet. But it will definitely be the cheapest launch system at the time of launch. People say 200$/kg just with booster reu

I don't think we have a number for it yet. But it will definitely be the cheapest launch system at the time of launch. People say 200$/kg just with booster reuse, and 20$/kg with full reuse. Of course this might be too optimistic, but I truly believe we might reach under 50$ in this decade.

quotemstr 2y ago
Even $50 is within "going to the moon for my honeymoon" range. Wow.
- augusto-moura 2y ago
  $50 is a number for LEO (Low-earth orbit). $/kg to a Moon orbit (or flyby) might be significantly more expensive. Not only that, because it is further so it needs more fuel, but also it is a few days trip which would need a bunch more kilos in provisioning food, water and other things. So yeah, unfortunately not that cheap to have a honeyMoon in the moon (heh) There is a lot of possibilities to make a trip to the moon cheaper though. If we make LEO that cheap, we can build a lot of infrastructure in the space that would make the tourism to moon more affordable. Like keeping a few starships always in orbit as some kind of space-hotel-metro system. This will probably take a few more decades, though.
  - mr_toad 2y ago
    Even if it cost 10x as much to reach the Moon it would bring the costs within range of mere multi-millionaires instead of billionaires.
    - augusto-moura 2y ago
      That is true, I guess some weird multi billionaire might have a honeymoon there. We should see some other media as well, like movies perhaps, and of course p*rn
  - Valgrim 2y ago
    Artemis by Andy Weir dwells a lot on this kind of infrastructure, but I never could understand the orbital mechanics described in the book.
    - rkagerer 2y ago
      Yeah it wasn't explained well in the book, but I did some reading of third-party sources and diagrams about the Uphoff-Crouch Lunar Cycler orbit, which helped (Wikipedia and the like).
- itishappy 2y ago
  Only if you don't care about coming back!
moffkalast 2y ago
This might be the best time to get into cubesat development as a hobby, lol.
jackcviers3 2y ago
What is a good estimate of the number of times these boosters and engines will be reusable?

quotemstr 2y ago

Even $50 is within "going to the moon for my honeymoon" range. Wow.

augusto-moura 2y ago
$50 is a number for LEO (Low-earth orbit). $/kg to a Moon orbit (or flyby) might be significantly more expensive. Not only that, because it is further so it needs more fuel, but also it is a few days trip which would need a bunch more kilos in provisioning food, water and other things. So yeah, unfortunately not that cheap to have a honeyMoon in the moon (heh) There is a lot of possibilities to make a trip to the moon cheaper though. If we make LEO that cheap, we can build a lot of infrastructure in the space that would make the tourism to moon more affordable. Like keeping a few starships always in orbit as some kind of space-hotel-metro system. This will probably take a few more decades, though.
- mr_toad 2y ago
  Even if it cost 10x as much to reach the Moon it would bring the costs within range of mere multi-millionaires instead of billionaires.
  - augusto-moura 2y ago
    That is true, I guess some weird multi billionaire might have a honeymoon there. We should see some other media as well, like movies perhaps, and of course p*rn
- Valgrim 2y ago
  Artemis by Andy Weir dwells a lot on this kind of infrastructure, but I never could understand the orbital mechanics described in the book.
  - rkagerer 2y ago
    Yeah it wasn't explained well in the book, but I did some reading of third-party sources and diagrams about the Uphoff-Crouch Lunar Cycler orbit, which helped (Wikipedia and the like).
itishappy 2y ago
Only if you don't care about coming back!

moffkalast 2y ago

This might be the best time to get into cubesat development as a hobby, lol.

jackcviers3 2y ago

What is a good estimate of the number of times these boosters and engines will be reusable?