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Here's the $100bn question: why does it have to cost $100bn? Is it natural, i.e. the actual complexity of the product, or is it artificial (regulatory overhead,

Here's the $100bn question: why does it have to cost $100bn? Is it natural, i.e. the actual complexity of the product, or is it artificial (regulatory overhead, procurement process, etc...). It so much seems like this may be some of both...

selectodude 7y ago
Mostly the cost of complexity. For $20+ billion Comac can barely get a decent aircraft off the ground, and that's a state-owned enterprise with what amounts to an unlimited budget and likely more than a small percentage of industrial espionage.
- christophilus 7y ago
  > and that's a state-owned enterprise with what amounts to an unlimited budget I don't think that helps your case. I would expect a state-owned enterprise to be over-budget, especially if managers knew they had "what amounts to an unlimited budget".
  - Gibbon1 7y ago
    Depends on the state. In the US most such programs are just Military Industrial Keynesian Stimulus. Which why why they are full of fail if you think functional results are the goal rather than 'white people welfare'