Payload Price
02/25/2022 |
The Friday File: In the 1960s, it cost NASA about $6,000/kg to launch a spacecraft into orbit. It cost the Soviets about $8,000 to do the same. Through 2005, no reduction in prices was observed. Since then, however, they have plummeted. The SpaceX Falcon 9 reduced the cost to $2,500/kg, the Falcon Heavy to $1,600/kg, and the Starship is expected to reduce the price to $200/kg! A space revolution awaits!