Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost
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from Ars Technica2 months ago
The principal goal of the Falcon program was to demonstrate rapid, low-cost reusability. SpaceX has achieved a flight rate about 30 times higher than the shuttle.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/spacex-has-set-all-kinds-of-records-with-its-falcon-9-rocket-this-year/
By one estimate, it cost NASA about $1.5 billion to fly a single space shuttle mission, compared to SpaceX's Falcon 9 at about $15 million.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/spacex-has-set-all-kinds-of-records-with-its-falcon-9-rocket-this-year/
SpaceX has launched more rockets this year than Roscosmos since 2013, United Launch Alliance since 2010, and Arianespace since 2009.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/spacex-has-set-all-kinds-of-records-with-its-falcon-9-rocket-this-year/
The increase in cadence has not occurred without a few bumps; including a loss of 20 Starlink satellites and a first-stage booster landing failure.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/spacex-has-set-all-kinds-of-records-with-its-falcon-9-rocket-this-year/
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