Onno Meyer wrote:
There are also per-trip costs for the drop pods (retrieval, for
one). I can't give you the exact figure, which probably depends
on local conditions, but the order-of-magnitude should give an
indication that disposables are not cost-efficient. Say the
water for the shuttle is as expensive as the tug for the pod,
and the maintenance for each flight is 2.5% of sticker price,
and the shuttle pays for itself after 40 flights, not 20. Both
trivial numbers for a technology that is as mature as jet
airliners are today.
All right, so drop pods are a bad idea.
But don't forget to account for the runway repair costs over time as
well. :D
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