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spacedaily.com
18/08/2026
Sending a kilogram to orbit cost roughly $55,000 in the Space Shuttle era. Reusable rockets have brought the theoretical cost down to a few thousand dollars today. If Starship eventually achieves rapid full reusability, some projections put the figure below $100/kg — potentially turning access to orbit from an extraordinary expense into something approaching ordinary transportation.
Launch cost has fallen dramatically, but Shuttle, Falcon and Starship figures measure different things. The sub-$100/kg case still depends on full reuse, cadence and full payloads.