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by CraftThatBlock
2050 days ago
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Starship launch price should only be a couple millions (see the article). <100M is _technically_ right, but very far off. Since Starship will be fully reusable, it's upfront building investment (the ~100M price-tag you are referring to), spread over the lifetime of the vehicle, plus staff/maintenance/fuel for launches. Falcon 9 was already a +10x reduction (~~1.5B per launch -> ~70M, likely cheaper for reused boosters), and Starship will be another +10x cheaper than F9. This means Starship will be >100x cheaper than competitors (excluding small-sat rockets like the Electron) |
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The Falcon 9 did disrupt the industry for sure, but you don't need a 10x price reduction for that.