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0 pointszeroxfe5y ago0 comments

> with prices as low as $50/kg, what's preventing people from launching a bunch of useless sh*t into LEO?

Demand. The market price for sending stuff to space will be significantly higher, pricing out _almost_ all of the useless shit.

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iguy5y ago

At a few hundred dollars per kg, I bet you could run a business scattering people's ashes. Maybe even at a few thousand. I wonder if they would turn you down?

Edit -- turns out this is a thing, already, I just didn't know. SpaceX apparently does not mind. Flights to the moon are planned.

xcskier565y ago

Had to have a recent loss to learn this, but in the funeral home's options package was to send some of the ashes to space for $2500. The director skipped over that page quickly, but it was a picture of a Falcon 9 taking off

njarboe5y ago

Until Blue Origin is offering similar pricing with their New Glen rocket, I'm sure SpaceX will keep launch costs at a good premium to their costs while using this moat to make money in other areas like the SkyLink project.

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