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To: Moonman62

The cost for the single use engines on the core are estimated to be over one half billion dollars per launch. These are Shuttle engines that have been around for nearly fifty years, not some fancy new technology. The total cost of each launch is estimated to be two billion dollars.

As of now the first launch is four years behind schedule. The schedule started in 2011.


6 posted on 06/16/2020 3:29:49 PM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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To: Moonman62

But..but..solids are supposed to be cheap and simple, right?!


14 posted on 06/16/2020 4:27:44 PM PDT by Regulator (Guess Not)
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To: Moonman62

And to think that SpaceX is doing multiple launches a month.


15 posted on 06/16/2020 4:30:41 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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