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  • M0oP0o@mander.xyztoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldOutstanding idea.
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    3 days ago

    For more fun I started to look at some of the other development costs of Space X rockets.

    Starship (the big spender) : $5 billion to $10 billion

    Falcon Heavy : Over $500 Million

    Falcon 9 : $300 Million

    Falcon 1: $100 Million

    Like I dislike the kirkland brand Dr.evil as much as the next dood, but I think boeing might just have a spending issue.



  • M0oP0o@mander.xyztoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldOutstanding idea.
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    Even ignoring all the other aspects of one working and the other not; The big one is even with the musk grift the cost to taxpayers is orders of magnitude different.

    SLS is Over US$2 billion excluding development (estimate) per launch. While Space X just upped their cost estimates in 2022 to $67 million per launch.