#Space #launch #cost comparison by ourworldindata.org : https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cost-space-launches-low-earth-orbit?time=1982..latest
#Space #launch #cost comparison by ourworldindata.org : https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cost-space-launches-low-earth-orbit?time=1982..latest
@NewSpaceEconomy In π 2022, the #Falcon9 price π΅ per kilogram has dropped by more than 55% π relative to SpaceXβs initial price in π 2010. As of 2022 the Falcon 9 price is consistently 50%, π or more, lower then the vast majority of other launch vehicles past and present. https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/21/spacex-falcon-9-launch-pricing-from-2010-to-2022
@spaceflight Everybody is chalking this all up as private wins, public loses, but what it really boils down to is that Musk threw together and held a really good team, Bezos less so, and the folks at long-established Boeing and NASA are, on average, mediocre.
It is all about people chemistry, a random and difficult to control thing.
Attached: 1 image #Starship #LaunchCost : "I'm highly confident it would be less than $10 million π° all in, fast forward two or three years from now," #Musk said about flight #prices during the presentation * https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-update-flight-cost-million-2022-2 * Starship Update π February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/live/3N7L8Xhkzqo?feature=share Visualized : 10 million $ / 100k kg = 100 $ π΅ per kg πͺπΊ #Ariane doesn't look good