tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113418060394357231.post5547846091319600208..comments2023-04-11T07:49:36.264-04:00Comments on White Label Space: For Cheap Payloads to Orbit, Think BIG!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113418060394357231.post-6390919847174624262008-10-17T15:28:00.000-04:002008-10-17T15:28:00.000-04:00Hi Tribolumen, thanks for the sanity check. I've u...Hi Tribolumen, thanks for the sanity check. I've updated that typo to the correct value of $300 millionWhite Label Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433836061472111132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113418060394357231.post-84086092573210087762008-10-17T13:42:00.000-04:002008-10-17T13:42:00.000-04:00I think that's probably $300 million in launch cos...I think that's probably $300 million in launch cost; $300 billion would be upwards of $600,000 per kg of payload.<BR/><BR/>There were some really mammoth variants of the Saturn V that were conceptualized, too. I think Sea Dragon was larger than any of them, though.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the real monster of spaceship concepts was ORION. Versions up to a million tons or so were considered, and appear to be feasible. Then again, ORION uses nuclear pulse propulsion (aka "boom-boom"), so it's not a rocket <I>per se</I>...tribolumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999920450384408506noreply@blogger.com