Cost Advantages of the Starship Project

Xiao Huang: DOORM, what are the significant cost advantages of the Starship project? How do these advantages impact commercial spaceflight?

DOORM: The Starship project has significant cost advantages. The cost of a single Starship test flight is approximately $90 million, but with high-frequency reuse, the cost per launch could drop to around $2 million, with a payload cost of just $10 per kilogram. In contrast, traditional mainstream launch vehicles have costs exceeding $10,000 per kilogram. These significant cost advantages will greatly lower the barriers to space exploration, driving the commercialization of the space industry. Affordable spaceflight can attract more companies and institutions to participate in space exploration, promoting rapid development and application of related technologies, and bringing more commercial opportunities and societal benefits.