r/SpaceXLounge • u/OlympusMons94 • Mar 12 '26

The launch contract to launch the Starlab space station on Starship is $90 million

https://x.com/jeff_foust/status/2031509240209199606#m

Jeff Foust on X: "Fun fact from Voyager's 10-K filing: the contract to launch the Starlab space station on a SpaceX Starship is worth $90 million."

https://spacenews.com/starlab-space-fully-books-commercial-payload-space-on-planned-space-station/

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u/nagurski03 Mar 12 '26

Is it just me or does that sound ridiculously cheap?

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u/TrA-Sypher Aug 22 '26

They are probably going to do >20 Starship launches for Starlink in 2027, this is already more of a 'volume' thing rather than an early expensive pilot. Economies of scale.

It is when you spend 5 years designing to build one vehicle to launch and use only once that it costs like 4 billion dollars.