Last week, SpaceX announced their plan for the 'Falcon Heavy' - a heavy lifting rocket with double the capacity of the rockets used to lift the space shuttle. One of the surprising aspects of the announcement was the price per pound lift - one third to a quarter of price compared to a shuttle mission. First launch is scheduled for 2013.
Read more about it via the SpaceX site:
www.spacex.com/falcon_heavy.php
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