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Chase Million @millionconcepts.com · 21/08/2026

The is related to the claim (without proof) that Falcon Heavy costs about half as much per kg to LEO as Falcon 9. If that is true, why doesn't SpaceX use Falcon Heavy to launch Starlink?

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Chase Million @millionconcepts.com · 21/08/2026

And separate, but these passages from Wikipedia illustrate some of the sloppy thinking around launch costs: 1. World's richest liar said a thing, so we'll run with that. 2. Ignore capital expenditures when determining "profitability." ($500M revenue only covers $500M R&D if rockets cost nothing.)

Musk first mentioned Falcon Heavy in a September 2005 news update, referring to a customer request from 18 months prior.[19] Various solutions using the planned Falcon 5 (which was never flown) had been explored, but the only cost-effective, reliable iteration was one that used a 9-engine first stage—the Falcon 9. The Falcon Heavy was developed using private capital with Musk stating that the cost was more than US$500 million. No government financing was provided for its development.

A year after the successful demo flight, SpaceX had signed five commercial contracts worth US$500–750 million, meaning that it had managed to cover the development cost of the rocket.[51] The second flight, and first commercial one, occurred on April 11, 2019,[52] launching Arabsat-6A, with all three boosters landing successfully for the first time.

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