Musk lays out plans for reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket

Musk lays out plans for reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket
October 3, 2013 by Yves-A. Grondin
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/...lity-falcon-9-
rocket/

Tinyrul version of above:
http://tinyurl.com/okgwor9

Musk states the first stage is about 75% of the cost of a Falcon 9. So,
assuming that the upper stage of the Falcon 9 is about the same cost as
the upper stage of a Falcon Heavy, that would make the first stage and
strap-on boosters something like 90% of the cost of the Falcon Heavy.
If SpaceX can successfully fly back those three stages, this will reduce
the cost of a Falcon Heavy by one order of magnitude. That's certainly
nothing to sneeze at.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer