I agree that the changes will be revolutionary, and drastically reduce launch costs; but SpaceX is only prepared to recover the first stage in the near term, an

I agree that the changes will be revolutionary, and drastically reduce launch costs; but SpaceX is only prepared to recover the first stage in the near term, and the second stage is still quite costly. In the long term, launch costs will go down as much as you say, but SpaceX is not quite there yet.[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_d...