start the engines:



Now excuse me for the click bait, because there have been incremental upgrades/changes, but it is the same rocket.

The cosmonauts are so tightly packed into the capsule, that they have to use a stick to flip the switches on their control panel.



I would jump at a chance to ride in a Dragon. You couldn't pay me to get into a Soyuz.

The russians have been coasting off the development costs done by the Soviets during the 60s and 70s. They have a "new" rocket that has been in development for decades, and still doesn't work very well.

This video analysis (done over two years ago) shows that SpaceX has saved the Federal Government over $10 billion in launch costs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vB9vzE-qy0

The real cost savings will come if Starship pans out the way that Musk projects. In which case, it will be what they wanted the Shuttle to be. Musk's goal is to get to $10/kg to LEO.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/04/spacex-reusable-starship-could-become-cheaper-than-intercontinental-airplanes-for-earth-cargo.html#:~:text=Citi%20has%20an%20analysis%20that,by%2050%20to%2080%20times.