Roscosmos: Criticism of dumping on Space X: President Dmitry Rogozin
Roscosmos:
Roscosmos: Space X
Roscosmos accused April 11 of the launch charges / pricing for Space X at a very predatory level.
He criticized the price dumping for unjustly lowering the price and pressing Roscosmos.
Roscosmos: President Dmitry Rogozin
Rogogin addressed the issue in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 10.
Roscosmos also said, “In order to expand our share in the international market, we have no choice but to reduce the launch fee by more than 30%.”
Space X: Elon Musk
Musk tweeted on April 11 after receiving this criticism.
“The Space X rockets are 80% reusable, but 0% of them (Russia). That’s the reality.”
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Russia Space Chief Spars With Elon Musk Over Launch Pricing
The head of Russia’s space agency on Saturday
accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices.
“Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
Rogozin, who is often outspoken on Twitter and previously engaged in online banter with Elon Musk,
on Friday raised the issue during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
He said the Roscosmos space agency
“is working to lower prices by more than 30 percent on launch services to increase our share on the international markets.”
“This is our answer to dumping by American companies financed by the US budget,” he said.
The market price of a SpaceX launch
is $60 million, but NASA pays up to four times that amount, he said.
Musk responded to the criticism Saturday by saying on Twitter:
“SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem.”
SpaceX
plans to send astronauts to the International Space Station next month for the first time on board its Falcon 9, a rocket that can be reused, lowering the cost of missions.
Musk also
announced last month that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsules will start transporting tourists to the ISS next year.
The Moscow Times
Russia Space Chief Spars With Elon Musk Over Launch Pricing
The head of Russia’s space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices.
“Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity,”
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
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