SpaceX successfully lands its sixth Falcon 9 rocket after launch
&gt; SpaceX’s president, Gwynne Shotwell, estimates that reusing these landed Falcon 9 vehicles will lead to a 30 percent reduction in launch costs, according to Space News.<p>Surely it will be more than a 30% reduction once they make the rocket refactoring process more efficient? I&#x27;ve heard Elon say that the savings would be an order of magnitude given how low the cost of fuel is relative to everything else on the rocket.<p>I know Elon is famously optimistic and Gwynne is probably dampening expectations on purpose but 30% doesn&#x27;t seem very impressive. Is Gwynne just playing down the cost savings or is she likely to be accurate, even in the medium term (3-5 years)?