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Since a ride on SpaceX now costs $62 million, these pennies had better be rare ones. (Not to
worry, a 1943-D bronze cent sold forS $1.7 million in 2010. Get enough of them, and you’re good to go.)
Why so expensive? First
off, its “super-chilled” liquid oxygen really packs a whallop. The
chilling allows for more fuel on board, which in turn permits the craft to “carry larger loads into orbit.”
Reviewing this competitively, Lockheed Martin and Boeing “charge about 100% more money to put 14% less payload into space.” What this
means is that SpaceX could end up as the only such “game in town.”
That, plus SpaceX’s promised 30% fare reduction for “flying on a reused rocket,” adds up to substantially big savings. Let’s just say it’s all relative, as futuristic passengers may experience firsthand.
Resources
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/05/28/spacex-raises-launch-prices.aspx
Copyright May 30, 2016 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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