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Re:Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed by jakeonthemove on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @02:00AM (#3619796)
Yeah, if only there was a way to launch stuff into space without having to pay $20,000 per KG...
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Re:Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed by dstorrs on Thursday February 23, 2012 @05:47PM (#3627171)
SpaceX is launching things to LEO for about $5,500 / KG (which is $2,500 / lb) on the Falcon9, so it's getting better.

Source: http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php

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Re:Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed by jakeonthemove on Friday February 24, 2012 @07:05AM (#3628906)
Have they started doing commercial launches? Last time I checked they were still testing the rockets... But yeah, it's much cheaper and hopefully it'll get cheaper in the future. Still not seeing the price go down to sub-$1000/kg anytime soon, though...
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