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Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by dannyw on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:11PM (#22261461)
There’s usually a fixed overhead cost to offering such a service, especially across large orgs. Think about training customer support staff to know about it, developing procedures on how to handle it, etc.

So if it’s used 2 or 3 time’s a year, you might be looking at $2,200/lb plus $1 million divided by 2 or 3.

Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by darkmighty on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:42AM (#22265823)
Plus the last mile problem. If the journey to/from spaceports each side takes a few days, the hours of savings w.r.t. air travel won't matter.