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SpaceX's market dominance has failed to save NASA money (spaceexplored.com)
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[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competition#2010-2020s:_Competition_and_pricing_pressure

Launch vehicle estimated payload cost per kg

Launch Vehicle Payload cost per kg

Vanguard $1,000,000

Space Shuttle $54,500

Electron $19,039

Ariane 5G $9,167

Long March 3B $4,412

Proton $4,320

Falcon 9 $2,720

Falcon Heavy $1,500

this is spacex's selling point edited for formating