[HWR_14]

Oh, if you go beyond the SLS itself to include all the ancillary costs, then yeah. But adding those same ancillary costs to Starship (assuming it costs SpaceX $150MM to launch it) brings the total to over $2 billion/launch. The payload, people on the ground working for months during the mission, etc. are all included.

[philipwhiuk]

> Oh, if you go beyond the SLS itself to include all the ancillary costs, then yeah. But adding those same ancillary costs to Starship (assuming it costs SpaceX $150MM to launch it) brings the total to over $2 billion/launch.

Gonna need a source for that.

[HWR_14]

I just used the same inspector general report as the person I was responding to. Literally that PDF. If you read how they determined $4.1 billion/launch, and change the SLS line item to "Starship, $150MM" it runs to over $2 billion a launch.