Spaceplanes vs super rockets: Expert reveals who will win the battle of cheap space

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3359967/Spaceplanes-vs-super-rockets-Expert-reveals-win-battle-cheap-space.html

Spaceplanes vs super rockets: Expert reveals who will win the battle of cheap space

- Bristol University academic compares Skylon to Falcon 9 to Falcon Heavy
- Skylon is more expensive and requires more reuses before its costs fall
- It also has the contraint of needing to take off from and land on a runway
- It costs 6 times more to refuel Skylon than a Falcon 9, the research found

By Ashley Dove-jay For The Conversation

Published: 17:00 EST, 14 December 2015 | Updated: 18:33 EST, 14 December 2015

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The graph – notice the two different x-axes – reveals that Skylon is vastly more expensive and requires many more reuses before its launch costs fall to the same as reusable rockets.

Even then, Falcon rockets can be cheaper still.



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[Zorro]

1. I wouldn't bet against Elon

Whatever it is he's got, he's got it.