Flying Falcon 9 to the space station is too cheap. According to Russia, it should be much more expensive
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's deputy prime minister responsible for the defense and space industry has once again accused SpaceX of an aggressive pricing policy that is forcing Russia to significantly reduce prices.
Instead of leading fair competition in the market for sending rockets into space, SpaceX is lobbying for imposing sanctions on us while being dumped - wrote Rogozin on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/1248964771417817088
In the further part of the comment Rogozin added that the Russian space agency Roskosmos in response to these practices will reduce its prices by more than 30 percent so as to be able to compete on the international market.
This is our response to the dumped practices of US companies financed from the budget - he added.
Elon Musk points out a significant difference
Known for his activity on Twitter, SpaceX boss Elon Musk in response to Rogozin's tweets wrote that
80% of SpaceX rockets are used repeatedly. Russian 0 percent. And this is a real problem.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1248864681894305797
In the second half of May, SpaceX is planning its first manned flight aboard the International Space Station. Two astronauts will fly there aboard the Crew Dragon ship installed atop the reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk also informed that in addition to astronauts, from next year, tourists will also start flying aboard Crew Dragon on the ISS .
According to Dimitr Rogozin, generous Pentagon funding is responsible for the low prices offered by SpaceX. In 2018, Rogozin claimed that carrying loads into space for private companies for $ 40-60 million. is a dumping practice because the US Department of Defense pays many times higher amounts. According to Rogozin, real prices should be around USD 150 million.
After the end of the American shuttle program in 2011, Russia transported all astronauts into space, thanks to which it was able to set the price itself. Each flight of an American astronaut on board the ISS cost $ 70 million.
Back in 2014, when Washington announced the imposition of new sanctions on Russia, Rogozin, scoffing at the lack of US space for astronauts, said that Americans could bring astronauts aboard the ISS if they wanted, using a trampoline.
As you can see the roles can be reversed faster than we expect.
Flying Falcon 9 to the space station is too cheap. According to Russia, it should be much more expensive
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