But I'm hopeful that the ship will be, will be recovered maybe this year, but certainly I'd say the first half of next year. And then there'll be further improvements to make The ship and the booster [of Starship] will be fully and rapidly reusable, dropping the cost per flight below that of a Falcon 1 rocket. rocket. Of an expendable Falcon 1 so that, that getting 100 tons or more to orbit of useful payload will cost less than a rocket that would ordinarily deliver half a ton. (07:30–07:45)
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Asserts that the Starship will be fully reusable and cheaper per flight than Falcon 1.
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