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The reason for that high of a price tag is that the engineering costs are spread over a very few units. If they made 100,000 of them, the costs would be much cl
by extrapickles 6y ago
The reason for that high of a price tag is that the engineering costs are spread over a very few units. If they made 100,000 of them, the costs would be much closer to the materials cost.
- adrianN 6y agoSo only six figures for fridge? Sounds like a good deal.
- raverbashing 6y ago> the costs would be much closer to the materials cost Which is? Not cheap. And it's not like you can buy in any corner store. And no, while an "economy of scale" would make it cheaper, it doesn't mean it would be cheap.
- extrapickles 6y agoI never said they would be affordable even in qty 100k. I would think the major use for them beyond space probes would be providing last resort backup power/heat for life support on outside earth orbit space habitats/crewed vehicles as the cost will still be at least $500/watt.