Comment on Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoNASA stopped refurbishing their SRBs because it costs more to do so. SpaceX is able to drastically lower it’s launch costs because of the immense savings they can realize by a quick turnaround for reuse. That’s the difference.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Russia has drastically lower launch costs than SpaceX. Justify it now.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Mind giving your source? I found 2.5k/kg for falcon 9 vs 5k/kg for soyuz. The shtil is as far as I can tell military surplus and is now retired, so it’s costs aren’t really reflective of long term usage.
georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/…/t-minus-6-s…
marspedia.org/Financial_effort_estimation