>>1678763>>1678763https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle>Falcon 9>Cost per launch: $62million>Payload to LEO: 15,600kg>Cost per kilogram to orbit: $3,974>Space Shuttle>Cost per launch: $576million>Payload to LEO: 27,500kg>Cost per kilogram to orbit: $20,945And those are the most generous numbers for the Shuttle. Even then it's less than one-fifth the cost of the shuttle.
>Falcon 9>Cost per launch: $50million>Payload to LEO: 15,600kg>Cost per kilogram to orbit: $3,205>Space Shuttle>Cost per launch: $1.64billion>Payload to LEO: 27,500kg>Cost per kilogram to orbit: $59,636With less generous numbers it's nearly one-twentieth the cost of the shuttle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V>Saturn V>Cost per launch: $1.23billion>Payload to LEO: 140,000kg>Cost per kilogram to orbit: $8,785Just about fucking anything and everything is cheaper than the shuttle, even what it replaced. The shuttle was, is, and always will be absolute garbage.
