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sdifognoinio
4y ago
I think another factor many people neglect is that SpaceX benefits from economies of scale. SpaceX launches very large rockets and launches them very often. Large rockets and a regular cadence are both known to reduce the cost per ton to or
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sdifognoinio
4y ago
This number is total nonsense. It is derived from simply dividing the total cost of the program by the number of launches. This is useless. First, the R&D costs were sunk all the way back in the '70s. Second, the cost of personnel,