Elon Musk: “Starship's cost per ton of payload will be below that of a…”

“And then there'll be further improvements to make the ship and the booster not just reusable, but fully and rapidly reusable, which will actually drop the cost per flight Starship's cost per ton of payload will be below that of a Falcon 1 rocket. of an expendable Falcon 1, so that getting 100 tons or more to orbit of useful payload will cost less than a rocket that would ordinarily deliver half a ton.” (04:40–05:11)

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