> Somehow we've ended up with privately owned and founded rocket companies, which are higher entry in cost than airplanes. Are you sure? There's a big differen

> Somehow we've ended up with privately owned and founded rocket companies, which are higher entry in cost than airplanes. Are you sure? There's a big difference between building single-purpose, unmanned rockets and commercial jets that carry hundreds of people, fly for 20 hours a day, and last two decades. According to Wikipedia Falcon development 9 cost $300-390 million [0]. The 787 program cost $32 billion [1]. Even the A320 neo, which is a refresh of the original A320, cost $1.3 billion [2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner#Market,_costs,_and_production_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner#Market,_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family