Fancy non-coking kerosene is currently $1.18/lb when bought at single
barrel quantities. It varies with oil prices, cheapest I saw last year
was $1.08/lb. Another advantage it has is that it's cheaper than RP-1
at barrel quantity and more available.
I haven't gotten it priced at tanker quantities yet.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Henry Vanderbilt
<hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And Blue may well be thinking that when they'll be buying fuel in
half-million pound lots for each New Glenn flight, the buck a pound
difference between rocket-grade kerosene and vehicle-grade LNG will add up
to worthwhile savings.
Henry V
On 2/12/2018 3:22 PM, Rand Simberg wrote:
SpaceX is thinking that they can manufacture methane on Mars much easier
than they can manufacture RP-1.
On 2018-02-12 14:19, Paul Mueller wrote:
But some rockets that first flew over 50 years ago are still flying
today. They are upgraded, but the propellants are the same.
Fundamental design decisions made today (such as propellant choice)
can have long lifetimes.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 3:01 PM, <Nels.Anderson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Gesendet: Montag, 12. Februar 2018 um 22:26 Uhr
Von: "William Claybaugh" <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx>
Careful. Cost will *eventually* be dominated by propellant, but
it is very
unlikely any rocket being built today will still be operational
when that
day arrives.
I inclined to agree. I'm just reporting what I think SpaceX is
thinking.