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traditional launches can run into the tens of thousands of dollars (or more) per lb. $8.90/lb. http://neverworld.net/truax http://neverworld.net/truax http://
by gravitycop 18y ago
traditional launches can run into the tens of thousands of dollars (or more) per lb.
$8.90/lb. http://neverworld.net/truax http://neverworld.net/truax
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429099 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429099
- tiki12revolt 18y agoassuming we take SpaceX on their word, that the "Falcon 1 is the world’s lowest cost per flight to orbit of a production rocket", and take the cost and payload weight right of the website, then for a 1010 kg payload at $9.1M, that works out to be roughly, $4095 / lb. from: http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php