SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform space travel

Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by yazaddaruvala on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:29PM (#30380177)

In case you’re not very familiar, when dealing with launches to orbit: cost only makes sense in terms of “$ per kg per launch to <orbital destination>”, not “$ per launch to <orbital destination>”.

For the Roscosmos costs, mass to LEO seems to be $4270/kg [0].

Falcon 9 is at $1270/kg [1]. This link also has the comparison with the Space Shuttle.

[0] $35 MM / 8200kg [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210801024432/https://ntrs.nasa...

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by arcticbull on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:31PM (#30380190)

There's a difference between per-launch cost and program costs.

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