Re:Android Ported to RISC-V
by simonh on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:49PM
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I doubt making a Soyuz and throwing it away is cheaper than building an F9 and reusing the first stage and booster 10 times. At that point the second stage would have to cost almost as much as an entire Soyuz stack.
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Re:Android Ported to RISC-V
by sudosysgen on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:00PM
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Making a Soyuz is really, really cheap. Something around 5 million dollars for the rocket. Most of the cost in a Soyuz launch isn't from building the rocket.
If it is the case then we will see SpaceX charging NASA less than a Soyuz launch amortized over the number of passengers per launch. But in 2021 it still isn't the case.