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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by ben-schaaf on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:18AM (#42564499)
I don't see how that makes any sense. Starship is 100t dry; simply the fuel costs of a launch will necessarily be higher than disposable alternatives.
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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by NooneAtAll3 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @06:53AM (#42565498)
fuel is cheap

most expensive part are the engines

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by perihelions on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @08:10AM (#42565802)
Fuel is cheap: it's $900,000 per Starship launch, according to Musk [0]. No disposable rocket comes within even a factor-of-10 of that.

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/06/elon-musk-says-spacexs-sta...

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by ben-schaaf on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @09:47AM (#42566291)
I was perhaps exaggerating a little with the fuel cost comparison, but we've had rockets like Astra R3 and SS-520 fly for under $5M per launch. Rocket Lab's Electron is ~$7.5M. That's all within a factor of 10.
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