‘-SpaceX rocket launches cost at least double the price for the taxpayer.’
SpaceX’s cost to launch is double that of ULA???? WTF? Gotta be a typo in there because at least for civilian launches Elon is only charging $1,500/lb whereas everyone else charges about $10,000/lb.
Yeah that was a typo. Whoops. I meant to say that ‘ULA rocket launches cost at least double the price for the taxpayer’.
Try reading it again:
Given the huge cost disparities between the two companies—SpaceX launches cost about $100 million, while ULA launches cost two to four times as much—taxpayers are likely to be interested, too.