Propellant Launch Costs
Ex-NASA administrator Mike Griffin commented at the 52nd AAS Annual Meeting in Houston, November 2005, that "...at a conservatively low government price of $10,000/kg in LEO, 250 MT of fuel for two missions per year is worth $2.5 B, at government rates."
If one assumes that a 130 metric tonne launch vehicle could be flown twice a year for $2.5B, the price is about $10,000/kg.
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