Originally Posted by
balsa model
Blanket statement with no shred of supporting evidence in our entire history of orbital launches. And quite a bit of clues that it isn't so.
You won't get cost to orbit below a hundred dollars a kilo by throwing away your spacecraft ever time you launch. Would you seriously suggest that throwing away an airliner every time it flies across the Atlantic would be an economical business model?
And demonstrating new technology is precisely what NASA should be doing.