[alancarp]

While I’m intrigued, those numbers sound off... $2 billion vs. $1 million??

[Renfrew]

“While I’m intrigued, those numbers sound off... $2 billion vs. $1 million??”

Indeed. Falcon 9 launches from Space X are about $50 million. Starship will cost more than that.

[SunkenCiv]

Literally.

The cost per pound to orbit drops in large part because of reusability, amortizing the development and construction costs, and getting the launch costs down dramatically.

The Raptor 2 is in production now, at a rate of one per day. If you go back to the three part interview of Musk by The Everyday Astronaut, you’ll hear Elon talk about Raptor 2 while they’re standing by a Raptor 1, and he said it was going to have a reduced parts count.

[GingisK]

Elon won’t spend $200 on a toilet seat.