* SpaceX spent <$600M on Falcon 9/Dragon development, and ~$800M in total, including all their infrastructure and all seven F1 & F9 launches to date. OTOH, NASA spent $30B on Ares I and Orion and flew nothing before they were cancelled.
* SpaceX is moving "expeditiously" on Falcon 9 Heavy, which will be the largest active launcher worldwide with a 32 (kerosene 2nd stage) to 45 (hydrogen 2nd stage) metric ton capacity to low Earth orbit.
Falcon 9 Heavy is not just PR talk; SpaceX just got environmental clearance to set up Vandenberg AFB's Space Launch Complex 4-East (SLC-4E) to support the F9 and the F9 Heavy, including a huge assembly hangar for F9H.
* SpaceX is moving "expeditiously" on Falcon 9 Heavy, which will be the largest active launcher worldwide with a 32 (kerosene 2nd stage) to 45 (hydrogen 2nd stage) metric ton capacity to low Earth orbit.
Falcon 9 Heavy is not just PR talk; SpaceX just got environmental clearance to set up Vandenberg AFB's Space Launch Complex 4-East (SLC-4E) to support the F9 and the F9 Heavy, including a huge assembly hangar for F9H.
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