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SpaceX has poured more than $15 billion into developing Starship.
SpaceX has invested over $15 billion in Starship development, dwarfing Falcon 9's $400 million cost.
KEY POINTS
- Starship V3's design is entirely new and will serve as the basis for NASA's lunar HLS missions.
- All $3 billion of SpaceX's 2025 space-segment R&D budget is allocated to Starship alone.
- SpaceX expects to launch V3 Starlink satellites using Starship beginning in the second half of 2026.
- Infrastructure limitations, including propellant logistics and heat-shield durability, are key constraints for Starship.
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