Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa...
by panick21_ on Friday February 18, 2022 @10:38AM
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> While I don't agree that reuse will bring the price down further
Why? If you have to spend almost 10M$~ on an expensive high tech upper stage you your just gone throw in the ocean its clearly give you a price lower bound.
> it's not as if 100t to LEO is novel or anything
Starship does 150t in its early version while being fully reusable.
> The Soviets and later Roskosmos abandoned the vehicle, because they couldn't find a use for it either
The Soviet union collapsed and they didn't have the money for it.
Why? If you have to spend almost 10M$~ on an expensive high tech upper stage you your just gone throw in the ocean its clearly give you a price lower bound.
> it's not as if 100t to LEO is novel or anything
Starship does 150t in its early version while being fully reusable.
> The Soviets and later Roskosmos abandoned the vehicle, because they couldn't find a use for it either
The Soviet union collapsed and they didn't have the money for it.