Elon Musk says the long-term cost of a single Starship launch can reach $2 million. The reusable payload of 200 tonnes would mean $10 per kilogram for launch cost. If engines were further improved to 250 tons of reusable payload the cost to orbit would be $8 per kilogram.
Nextbigfuture notes that sending only the upper stage point to point around the Ear…
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