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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by caoilte on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:31PM (#30380195)
yep. $1.5billion in 2010 prices per flight including r&d. 1.2 without.

which is still 1.5 billion per flight in 2021 prices. So Elon needs to get the price down to $15mil to hit his target.

5% is still pretty good tho. And it may go lower.

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by bumby on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:47PM (#30380354)
I think this might miss the point. Is the $70MM/launch tag including the R&D? Does it include the R&D that is essentially given to SpaceX through their SpaceAct agreement?

Imagine if Tesla gave me all their R&D and manufacturing know-how and offered to help me out whenever I hit a snag, wouldn't I look great by showing everyone how much cheaper I can build an EV? That's why I think it's a bit of a faulty comparison. Still great, but some of these comparison border on the edge of hype

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