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No future for expensive single use rockets

• nextbigfuture.com by brian wang

With reusable rockets Spacex will be able to charge even less. In Elon Musk's video announcement of the Spacex BFR he indicated that it would be lower cost to launch than the Spacex Falcon 1. This would mean at $7 million the Spacex BFR launch 150 tons would have less than a $50 per pound launch cost.

Space launch insurance companies are no longer charging a premium for launches using reused Spacex rocket stages.

The Spacex BFR still has to be built and is 2-6 years away from begin developed and having commercial flights.

The Falcon Heavy should be launched within 30-60 days. This will lower the price per pound compared to the Falcon 9.

There have been several op-ed articles that assert, Musk seeks a monopoly on the US national security launch market. In addition to saying this allows Musk to fleece taxpayers, some of the more overdone authors assert that it could kill Americans.


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