Re:Why Tesla is having a harder time than SpaceX
by nkoren on Saturday April 14, 2018 @10:06AM
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> SpaceX hasn't reduced prices yet
You keep repeating this, but it's completely untrue. Today an Ariane 5 will cost you $10,000/kg to $14,000/kg to LEO, but you can get a Falcon 9 to LEO for $2,800/kg. That's already a very substantial price reduction, and that's before the economics of reusability has kicked in.
You keep repeating this, but it's completely untrue. Today an Ariane 5 will cost you $10,000/kg to $14,000/kg to LEO, but you can get a Falcon 9 to LEO for $2,800/kg. That's already a very substantial price reduction, and that's before the economics of reusability has kicked in.