[stcredzero]

> My thinking is that, if there's a future where we might have regular launches to orbit all of those costs will have to drop.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4844581

> I think it could very well be in that context that a MAGLEV launch-assist vehicle might make sense.

Maglev would indeed allow smaller, less complex vehicles built with less stringent margins to be launched.