How A $2 Billion SpaceX Starship is Built

[@MrClearview1]

The title is misleading...an individual Starship isn't $2 billion.

[@stuartyoung4182]

You're right - the entire development program has cost about $2 billion! Individual Starships probably cost a few $ million each - FAR cheaper than traditional aerospace corporations' launch vehicles!

[@Telencephelon]

Everything is misleading here

[@stuartyoung4182]

As I agreed with another commenter: the entire Starship development program has cost about $2 billion! Individual Starships probably cost a few $ million each - FAR cheaper than traditional aerospace corporations' launch vehicles!

[@LordFalconsword]

Exactly. Estimates put a Super Heavy booster at around $20 million. A Starship itself is much, much cheaper. By the time the ship is ready for work, they will have spent only slightly more on the entire project than SLS has spent on a single launch.

[@just_archan]

2bln is a price of Starship PROGRAM in 2023, not a ship, nor full program. One engine is about 1mln. And engines are most expensive part of that system. I doubt that one stack reach 100mln per production and launch

[@toadsauce8091]

Every new rocket built makes the others cheaper.

[@user-iy6yk9uv7d]

Most I'll pay is 7 million per tube

[@chrisf4268]

The Starship cost $20-25 million per ship. Why are you putting out false information?

[@LordFalconsword]

And only that much because of the engines, which are by far the most expensive components.