Randall Clague wrote:
 
> I'm also curious about the origin of that number.  That puts launch
> costs between $25/lb and $100/lb to LEO.  Anyone think that's
> feasible?  If so, I want to buy stock in your unobtainium mine.

The operational costs models for PROTO, Alpha and Bravo start at about
$500/lb for PROTO and go down to under $100/lb by Bravo. They include
large margins for costs and overhead that provide pricing leway to the
operator and a price/profit trade-off with considerable range.

    Michael

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