>>1678931Falcon 9 itself is indeed much cheaper than Falcon 9, however when we're talking about manned flights, the cost to send an astronaut on a Dragon 2 is "only" about three times lower than on the Shuttle, $55 million vs $170 million per astronaut. It's still a revolutionary low price, but it's not 1/9 of Shuttle's price.
However, it looks like SpaceX will be the cheapest option for orbital flights for a long time. Boeing's Starliner that is supposed to launch in July costs $90 million per astronaut and that's it, no other American launch options. To make it even funnier, another SpaceX vehicle may bring the price even lower, that vehicle is obviously Starship, but it'll take years before they make it man-rated.
