The cost of launching payloads into orbit has drastically decreased from $50,000 per kilogram to as low as $10 to $20 with advancements like SpaceX's Starship.

We've achieved a significant reduction in rocket building costs, around 75%, through innovations in airframe, engines, and launch operations.

The goal of SpaceX is to advance rocket technology, particularly by developing a rapidly and fully reusable rocket, which is essential for humanity to become a space-faring civilization.

The big innovation in space travel is making rockets reusable, which could lead to a 100-fold improvement in the cost of spaceflight.

To become a space-faring civilization, we must solve the problem of rocket reusability, as all other modes of transport are reusable.

A first principles approach to determining the cost of a rocket involves looking at the materials it is made of, their weights, and the material prices per kilogram, rather than relying on historical costs.

Reducing the cost of access to orbit is crucial for enabling a new era of space exploration and innovation.

Astrome Mechanica plans to focus on launching payloads into orbit as a specific use case for their versatile engine, similar to Tesla's strategy.

The current cost to send one ton to Mars is about a billion dollars, which is too expensive for a self-sustaining civilization.