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		danielweber on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High Maybe you are thinking of the costs of "re-using" the Space Shuttle. $250 Million to refurb it each time. But we do it for cost savings!

InclinedPlane on April 23, 2013 [–]

Fun fact, the cost of building a Shuttle orbiter from scratch was about $1.7 billion.

The cost of launching a Shuttle including the amortized development costs ended up being $1.5 billion per launch.

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