669 P.S.

Xenophile wrote:

>Use a better launch vehicle (unmanned, $2,500 per pound), with 600
>sheet-per pound, carboard tubeless packets, and the cost becomes:
>2500.00/600=$4.17(*) per sheet.
>
FWIW I weighed a toilet roll, it weighed 165g (I believe it has 240
sheets, dual ply), which lines up mostly with your guess.

I do find the cost per pound to be unreasonably pessimistic however. It
seems quite plausible that rockets can go below $500/lb (~$1000/kg), and
would do so before any space settlement is likely to occur.

That brings the price down to about $0.80 per sheet.

It wouldn't surprise me if careful optimisation of the roll design could
lower the price by half.

Still, if you want an expensive product, a french bottle of wine costs
$700 (!)

On the whole I think it's going to be a lot like switzerland on
steroids, a very expensive place to live, but terribly exclusive.

>Xenophile (thanks for pointing out the bidet, Lucio)
>
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