Re: It's In-Line (Shuttle Derived)
- From: "Jake McGuire" <jamcguir@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 25 Jun 2005 12:34:32 -0700
Ed Kyle wrote:
> What I don't believe is that Falcon V, if it ever
> flies, is going to cost $3 million per LEO tonne
> after its initial flights. The price will have to
> go up, or SpaceX will cease to exist once Elon Musk's
> pockets empty.
Perhaps. But perhaps not. SpaceX believes in their cost figures
enough to offer to sign fixed-price contracts for Falcon V flights;
this is much more than can be said about ATK or NASA and
shuttle-derived launchers.
> Not to mention that a new maneuvering
> cargo-hauling stage will be needed for the SpaceX
> rockets, a need that could easily double or triple
> the "real" Falcon V per-tonne payload costs.
If one is transporting propellant or other cargo to a spacecraft with a
robust maneuvering capability already in orbit, and the earth-to-LEO
cost is $3M/ton, one gets quickly driven to passive cargo carriers that
the larger spacecraft rendezvous with and docks / berths / grapples.
This is not going to double or triple payload costs.
-jake
.
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