00:00Who has the better business model? Technology is one thing, but how economical are both engines?
00:06After all, it is not just about trust and efficiency, but also about how expensive an
00:11engine is, how often it can be reused, and how high the production rate is. And this is precisely where
00:18the real rivalry between SpaceX and Blue Origin begins. First, production costs. How much does an
00:23engine cost? Raptor 2 costs about 250 to 300,000 US dollars per engine. The E4 is around 10 to
00:3120
00:31million US dollars per engine. Yes, you heard that right. A BE4 costs around 40 to 60 times more than
00:40a Raptor 2. That leads to a massive cost gap between the two engines. While a super heavy booster with
00:4633 Raptors costs only around 10 million, a rocket with 33 BE4s would cost over 300 million. It also
00:56has to be clearly stated that the internal costs might be lower than the reported 10 to 20 million.
01:02Blue Origin also makes extra money by selling the BE4 to Valken.
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