/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11785900
I would guess (because I don't know), that the price comes down so much, because at some point you're mass producing rockets on well established assembly lines, contractors don't have to retool for a single part, but rather a batch, running and refurbishing protocols become second nature, so that you can train less skilled and less expensive labor for it, the costs for R&D get washed away with sheer volume and you have that volume, because you're the only one sending rockets into space for only 2mil a blow.

I can totally see where they're coming from, granted that they can build the thing. But it's like building a car from scratch and I mean completely, engine block, cylinders, shell, brake rotors steering column windows, panels, seats... You won't build the unit for 30 grand, or even 300 until you have a factory shitting them out by the 100s