06-30-2018, 04:57 AM
ztirffritz wrote:
What is interesting to me, is that if you do the math, a Falcon heavy costs only marginally more than a standard Falcon 9 launch because all the first stages are recoverable and the the second stage is expended, just as with a standard Falcon 9 launch. The only difference is the fuel, which, while expensive indeed, is only about $200k per core. So on a $60million launch of a Falcon 9 you add perhaps an extra $400k to the cost for a Falcon heavy, charge $90million and carry 3-4 times the payload depending on the mission.
Nice but you need to factor in the development costs too. Does add cost to each launch.