Could Falcon 9 compete with the Stick?

From: Chris Hall <cmhall@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:03:26 -0400

SpaceX appears to have leap-frogged the Falcon 5 and gone to the 9 which is an EELV class RLV. I know Falcon 1 has yet to fly, but Falcon 9 has a customer and the prices do seem cheap compared to any likely SDLV. With base model doing 9 tons to LEO for $27M, and heavy sending ~25 tons to LEO for $78M (these are pretty comprehensive prices, including range, insurance, integration), doesn't this look attractive? That is, if it all works.

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Chris M. Hall
Dept. of Geological Sciences
University of Michigan
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