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Information it's not a secret. if you search online you'll see that space x. recently sold launches forth for $100000000.00 and offer the same rockets to europe for $50000000.00 that's half the price. from fatigue on the board. pis. the launch costs for r e m $6.00 had to be brought down dramatically by at least 40 percent which is no mean feat. that's why they're relying on synergies. new boosters have been developed and tested they give the shuttle the thrust it needs during takeoff and they will likely be used to europe small of a caracas to swallow. this means they can produce more units w...

Applies. the launch costs for ari and $6.00 had to be brought down dramatically by at least 40 percent which is no mean feat. that's why they're relying on synergies . new boosters have been developed and tested they give the shuttle the thrust it needs during takeoff and they will likely be used for europe smaller fake or rocket to swallow. this means they can produce more units which reduces production costs. the operators expect the biggest savings to come from the new production methods like the protective insulation on the upper section. plates used to be glued to the outside of the marke...

Flights at lower coast. phil keating works on the space coast. quite a celebration there. people can use some cheers. >> oh, my gosh. that was like winning the super bowl, they were so excited. it was historic and unprecedented and being compared to kitty hawk. reusing the first stage booster rocket, which carries all the main engines and most of the fuel, will reduce the launch costs by 30%. so for a $60 million like last night, that would drop the price to $40 million. this rocket was used last year when it sent a cargo ship to the space station. fell back to effort, landed on the drone ship...

Gen. ceo elon musk says this return rocket is pretty special, so they're not going to launch it again. but in order for their business model to work, they'll need to turn around these rockets really quickly. they need to know how much refurbishment they're going to do and how long that will take. >> you brought up an interesting point. you're talking about the business model. is there a chance that this technology could actually translate to a human beings being able to travel up to space? >> if we bring down the launch costs, a ticket to space isn't going to be $60 or $80 million, like it cou...

it's really very cool, actually. >> tune in to cnn tonight, live coverage of the dinner beginning at 9:30 eastern. a night leon panetta called nerve racking, when osama bin laden was killed. in the year since his death the nation is better off, he says. >> they said that they had kia with geronimo and confirmed it happened, that was the moment when we knew that all of the work that had been done was paying off. i think the one thing all of us feel good about that were involved in this operation is that as a result of what we did, america is safer. >> but even without bin laden as l...