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		nativeit on March 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Thursday's flight, Starship is the most revo... How many reusable Starship launches have to be made before it exceeds the cost of one non-reusable rocket? Because last time I checked they’re going to have to make over a dozen additional launches to enable this one Artemis journey, assuming they ever get to that point.

ben_w on March 17, 2024 [–]

IIRC, so far the total dev cost including three full test launches and 28 test vehicles has cost about the same as the price per launch of the SLS…

So it's still cheaper even without being reusable.

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