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Please don't replace the text of comments like this once they have replies. It's unfair to the users who responded because now their comments lack the necessary context to be understood.

We're all wrong sometimes and it would be fine to add an "Edit:" after the original text followed by an explanation or retraction or whatever you want.

I agree, please revert the edits

That's kind of you, but I think it's enough if you'll simply fix the problem going forward.

That's impressive revisionism. Where's the Soviet reusable launch vehicle that is half the price, is able to reuse even one stage and takes less than a month to refurbish?

Nevermind

The latest Soyuz revision is ~$50m per launch, it has a payload less than half of a Falcon 9 that lands on a droneship, and ~2/3rd of a Falcon 9 that returns to launch site. Making it twice the cost per kg. The highest flight rate it has ever achieved has been 2/month. It has a 96% success rate.

The latest Falcon 9 revision is ~$67m per launch. Lately it flies every ~3 days. Over the past year it has flown ~100 times. It has a 99.4% launch success rate, and a 98% landing success rate.

Clearly this shows that the Russians are superior.

I don’t know what I’m talking about. Thanks for the info.

Props for replying

>The latest Falcon 9 revision is ~$67m per launch

And that is the price, the cost is unknown but likely lower.

Yeah, the internal cost is believed to be ~$30m, but I didn't compare on that number since we don't have a well known number for Soyuz's internal cost.

Sounds like the Russians could clean up in space-launch market. Why aren't they?

Interesting. What is this amazing Russian rocket that can put 200 metric tons in Low Earth Orbit while being expendable?

Show me anyone that _ever_ got a cost per kg to leo cheaper than spacex

Good thing that falcon 9 is already very much less than "half" the price.

And starship should be utilized fully will probably ven cheaper for the same mass-to-orbit

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