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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by Victerius on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:30PM (#30380182)
> $10 per launch

You mean $10,000,000.00, not $10.00, right?

$10.00 launches would be amazing.

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by sdenton4 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:35PM (#30380226)
I was about to say it would be terrible because so much fuel would be burning with these cheap launches that we'd probably destroy the atmosphere in a few years...

But for just $10, we can't really be using fuel in the first place.

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by jmyeet on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:40PM (#30380282)
Yes I meant $10m. Sign me up for $10 launches.

Interestingly there are proposed launch systems that, while not being $10, would potentially be under $1000 and transform passenger and freight movement on Earth too. I am of course talking about orbital rings [1].

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMbI6sk-62E

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