How much will Musk and Nasa charge?
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency’s auditor, said in a report last Thursday that NASA will pay $90 million to fly with Boeing – and just $55 million to fly with SpaceX. Both NASA and Boeing pushed back on OIG’s report, with the company saying in a press release that it “rejects the average seat price assessment.”
“NASA believes the seat prices identified in the OIG report are overstated because they did not account for the cargo capability of the Boeing and SpaceX systems,” NASA spokesperson Josh Finch said in a statement.
Cargo launch has been $60 million with a new first stage. The manned module has now replaced the pure cargo ship used in prior launches.