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Old October 30th 03, 01:58 PM
Bernardz
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Default Cheap Realistic Space Flight

In article , says...
What's the cheapest cost to orbit a chemical rocket is likely to
yield in the next fifty years? Will we see $100/pound to orbit?
How about $10/pound? And what underlying technology will
this rocket use?


NASA was talking a few years ago of getting it to $1000/pound in the
future. No way will they achieve it soon.

But you need to specify more details.

Say it costs you $X to develop the rockets
Say you build a launch pad for $Y
Say each rocket costs $Z
Say each rocket carries P pounds

and use it to fire N rockets

Then your cost per rocket per pound = (x+y+z) * P / N

N at present is probably the most disappointing figure.

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