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Is that an actual statistic on the space economy? Do you have a source?
by e12e 7y ago
Is that an actual statistic on the space economy? Do you have a source?
- Rebelgecko 7y agoI've actually seen larger numbers, but that's probably ballpark Launch is the part of the space industry that gets the most consistent PR, but it's a relatively small piece of the pie. A rocket launch may cost $50-300 million, but the payload on that rocket may have cost billions to design and build. One source for $385 billion in 2017: https://www.uschamber.com/series/above-the-fold/the-space-economy-industry-takes https://www.uschamber.com/series/above-the-fold/the-space-ec... Source for $330-350 billion: https://spacenews.com/a-trillion-dollar-space-industry-will-require-new-markets/ https://spacenews.com/a-trillion-dollar-space-industry-will-...