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Also, if you can generate rocket fuel with internal labour (not imported), you can outdo the Americans in rocket fuel cost by a maybe 10x factor (I mean India h

by zandorg 17y ago

Also, if you can generate rocket fuel with internal labour (not imported), you can outdo the Americans in rocket fuel cost by a maybe 10x factor (I mean India here, or any economy like Thailand, with a different 'gearing' from the US dollar).

hughprime 17y ago
I'm confused -- is labour cost a big part of rocket fuel costs? Actually I'd like to know much more about rocket economics. How much of the cost is in fuel vs engines vs support staff etc? If we started cranking out Delta rockets at mass production rates could we get the price down to, say, a million bucks a pop?
- zandorg 17y ago
  I mean that materials are theoretically cheaper because of the low exchange rate, and so is labour.
- wlievens 17y ago
  Not sure about rockets specifically, but I do know that the only reason the Soyuz is way cheaper than the Space Shuttle is lower Russian wages.