<i>I&#x27;m curious what they intend to do once the reusable first stage program gets going and launch costs drop even further.</i><p>ULA is working on reusability of at least the engine in its vulcan rockets that will replace Atlas and Delta in 2019:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spaceflightnow.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;13&#x2F;ula-unveils-its-future-with-the-vulcan-rocket-family&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spaceflightnow.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;13&#x2F;ula-unveils-its-future...</a><p>the plan is for vulcan to cost about 50% of an atlas V... so about 80-100m