Re:Elon Musk unveils first tourist for SpaceX 'Moon loop'
by wongarsu on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:43AM
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Fuel cost is less than half a percent of launch cost. Wasting fuel isn't really a problem.
If you want to land you need a bigger rocket for the same payload. But with how expensive rockets are, building them bigger and reusing them seems cheaper than letting them burn up. (And after a splashdown in saltwater refurbishment is way too expensive, so parachutes don't work well for reusability)
If you want to land you need a bigger rocket for the same payload. But with how expensive rockets are, building them bigger and reusing them seems cheaper than letting them burn up. (And after a splashdown in saltwater refurbishment is way too expensive, so parachutes don't work well for reusability)