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What do you think the minimum launch cost would be to orbit? I'm
interested in what factors may apply: launch fees, basic insurance, bribes, whatever. For the purposes of answering this, I have a 200 gram Estes rocket fueled by unobtainium. As we all know, unobtainium is free and allows SSTO in 200 gram Estes rockets! So the only costs would be launch fees. The reason I ask is, of course, the recent papers on the $1,000 per pound launch minimums. They state that insurance costs and range launch fees would set that minimum. Can you legally avoid the launch range fees, for example by building a very small rocket and building your own very small launch range (a la Sea Launch)? Do the per flight insurance rates scale with rocket size, launch location (the middle of the ocean, say), flight rate, or anything else? Thanks! -David |
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