Fun fact, the cost of building a Shuttle orbiter from scratch was about $1.7 bil...

		InclinedPlane on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High Fun fact, the cost of building a Shuttle orbiter from scratch was about $1.7 billion. The cost of launching a Shuttle including the amortized development costs ended up being $1.5 billion per launch.