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I can’t wait for the time when Starship is proven and launching frequently - though there is a lot to be said about the excitement of right now, when it hasn’t yet had a successful launch.

Really got my fingers crossed for a true rapid drop in cost to launch mass to orbit.

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I just looked it up and was stunned to see a target of $13/kg cost to orbit. That's insane. A human could go to space for under $1,000 (hand waving away the life support systems)

Those are still Musk numbers. But even 10x of that would be quite good.

Pretty crazy how nobody seems to even try to compete.

I think China is going to give it a go.

People definitely try to compete and don’t. Bezos is also spending countless billions and basically has technology from the 1960s to show for it.

Just like how Concorde made air travel 10x cheaper! Oh, wait…

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