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According to Elon, reusable rockets will drive the spaceflight costs down 100x. The booster is $60 million, the fuel charge for it is $200k. Other costs are in
by Florin_Andrei 12y ago
According to Elon, reusable rockets will drive the spaceflight costs down 100x.
The booster is $60 million, the fuel charge for it is $200k. Other costs are involved in the final price per kg of payload, obviously.
- imglorp 12y agoObviously the math checks out, but I wonder what fraction of the price involves carrying the booster's landing capability (bigger tanks, landing legs, thrusters, bigger booster, etc) to its apogee. I mean that, compared to a single use disposable booster that doesn't carry all that aloft.
- jaggederest 12y ago30% is the cited figure for a complete return, and is factored into the 100x number.