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Researchers @ Cambridge dug into the cost to launch stuff into space and they predict the cost of getting into earth orbit will more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall around 93% by 2040.

They analyzed a data set of rocket launches spanning > 4,400 launches between 1960 and 2025 to project future trends. Cost to get a kilogram into orbit has dropped from $87,023 USD in 1960 to $3,868 in 2025.

The analysis showed the cost of getting a kilogram of payload into low Earth orbit will go from ~ $3,868 USD in 2025 to ~ $1,569 (58% less) by 2030, and could reach as little as $273 by 2040.

Read the summary, or DL the paper in PDF here: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400 #Space #SpaceCosts #SpaceEconomics SpaceLaunchCosts #RocketLaunches #spaceEconomy #Cambridge

Researchers @ Cambridge dug into the cost to launch stuff into space and they predict the cost of getting into earth orbit will more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall around 93% by 2040.

They analyzed a data set of rocket launches spanning > 4,400 launches between 1960 and 2025 to project future trends. Cost to get a kilogram into orbit has dropped from $87,023 USD in 1960 to $3,868 in 2025.

The analysis showed the cost of getting a kilogram of payload into low Earth orbit will go from ~ $3,868 USD in 2025 to ~ $1,569 (58% less) by 2030, and could reach as little as $273 by 2040.

Read the summary, or DL the paper in PDF here: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400 #Space #SpaceCosts #SpaceEconomics SpaceLaunchCosts #RocketLaunches #spaceEconomy #Cambridge

Researchers @ Cambridge dug into the cost to launch stuff into space and they predict the cost of getting into earth orbit will more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall around 93% by 2040.

They analyzed a data set of rocket launches spanning > 4,400 launches between 1960 and 2025 to project future trends. Cost to get a kilogram into orbit has dropped from $87,023 USD in 1960 to $3,868 in 2025.

The analysis showed the cost of getting a kilogram of payload into low Earth orbit will go from ~ $3,868 USD in 2025 to ~ $1,569 (58% less) by 2030, and could reach as little as $273 by 2040.

Read the summary, or DL the paper in PDF here: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400 #Space #SpaceCosts #SpaceEconomics SpaceLaunchCosts #RocketLaunches #spaceEconomy #Cambridge

Researchers @ Cambridge dug into the cost to launch stuff into space and they predict the cost of getting into earth orbit will more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall around 93% by 2040.

They analyzed a data set of rocket launches spanning > 4,400 launches between 1960 and 2025 to project future trends. Cost to get a kilogram into orbit has dropped from $87,023 USD in 1960 to $3,868 in 2025.

The analysis showed the cost of getting a kilogram of payload into low Earth orbit will go from ~ $3,868 USD in 2025 to ~ $1,569 (58% less) by 2030, and could reach as little as $273 by 2040.

Read the summary, or DL the paper in PDF here: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400 #Space #SpaceCosts #SpaceEconomics SpaceLaunchCosts #RocketLaunches #spaceEconomy #Cambridge

Researchers @ Cambridge dug into the cost to launch stuff into space and they predict the cost of getting into earth orbit will more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall around 93% by 2040.

They analyzed a data set of rocket launches spanning > 4,400 launches between 1960 and 2025 to project future trends. Cost to get a kilogram into orbit has dropped from $87,023 USD in 1960 to $3,868 in 2025.

The analysis showed the cost of getting a kilogram of payload into low Earth orbit will go from ~ $3,868 USD in 2025 to ~ $1,569 (58% less) by 2030, and could reach as little as $273 by 2040.

Read the summary, or DL the paper in PDF here: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400 #Space #SpaceCosts #SpaceEconomics SpaceLaunchCosts #RocketLaunches #spaceEconomy #Cambridge