On: Any way to "hack" the Google Lunar X Prize?

[gravitycop]

traditional launches can run into the tens of thousands of dollars (or more) per lb.

$8.90/lb. http://neverworld.net/truax

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429099

[tiki12revolt → gravitycop]

assuming we take SpaceX on their word, that the "Falcon 1 is the world’s lowest cost per flight to orbit of a production rocket", and take the cost and payload weight right of the website, then for a 1010 kg payload at $9.1M, that works out to be roughly, $4095 / lb.

from: http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php