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If they have to expend them, I doubt SpaceX would have any profit at all and they'd reneg on the contract.
by mlindner 6y ago
If they have to expend them, I doubt SpaceX would have any profit at all and they'd reneg on the contract.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoSecond stage tanker build costs are estimated at around $30M. Expending a dozen would thus cost $360M, about 15% of the contract. I highly doubt that SpaceX set their profit margin lower than 15%.
- GoOnThenDoTell 6y agoThry need to spend the R&D money anyway to get it working, why not let NASA subsidise it