SpaceX cleared for US military launches

Re:SpaceX cleared for US military launches by ceejayoz on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:03PM (#9612310)

Sorry, I was going off F/A-18D unit costs from Wikipedia rather than the Super Hornet. Still, ~2x the unit cost plus a 79% increase in support costs is nothing to sneeze at.

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Re:SpaceX cleared for US military launches by engi_nerd on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @01:47PM (#9613079)

Well keep in mind that we are still in a low production rate situation. Production will ramp up greatly in the next few years, driving costs down further.

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Re:SpaceX cleared for US military launches by seanflyon on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:38PM (#9613444)

I'm pretty sure those costs are estimates based on a high production rate.

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Re:SpaceX cleared for US military launches by engi_nerd on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @03:05PM (#9613596)

The costs I gave are the costs as contracted for LRIP lot 8, which consists of 43 aircraft. There are two more LRIP batches after LRIP 8, and then full rate production begins.

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