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SpaceX intends to get costs down to about $10/kg to LEO using BFR, almost as cheap as long haul air cargo. That is 2-3 orders of magnitude improvement and changes a lot of calculations.



The next calculation is how LEO transfers affects the environment/climate over the long term, when you begin using it as much as long haul air cargo...


Not likely.




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