Re:SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the ...
by simonh on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:15PM
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They expect each vehicle to cost $200m and to fly them 100 times each. Hence $2m per launch. Falcon 9 costs a lot more than that because the upper stage is expended each time and that costs mid single-digit millions, and the first stages may not last much beyond a few dozen launches without significant re-engineering which would also make them heavier.
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Re:SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the ...
by Robotbeat on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:12PM
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Actually, Elon once told me that they might be able to build Starship launch vehicles for less than Falcon 9 (say about $80 million new):
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1094793664809689089?s=20
100 reuses is not the limit either. The first stage in particular may be made for a lot more.
Re:SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the ...
by throwaway316943 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:28PM
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Boy I hope they park them in orbit on the last launch and use them to build space habitats.