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This article quoted Musk as saying the falcon heavy cost "over $500 million" and that it had been awarded contracts worth $500-750 million that recouped its inv
by tengbretson 6y ago
This article quoted Musk as saying the falcon heavy cost "over $500 million" and that it had been awarded contracts worth $500-750 million that recouped its investment. So let's pin it at $600 mil for this comparison.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-one-year-later-business-case.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-o...
NASA's 2020 budget of $22.6 billion from here:
https://www.planetary.org/get-involved/be-a-space-advocate/become-an-expert/fy2020-nasa-budget.html https://www.planetary.org/get-involved/be-a-space-advocate/b...
22.6 billion * (10/365) = $712 million