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Only in America things like this can happen. A whole industry bootstrapping itself to make semi-conductors doubling every 18 months, going from exotic, mission
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Only in America things like this can happen.
A whole industry bootstrapping itself to make semi-conductors doubling every 18 months, going from exotic, mission critical hardware to commodity; SpaceX is doing the same thing with flight hardware. Contrast that with previous generation engines (the RS-25 comes to mind) with a sticker price of 125 millions... per engine! [0] Meanwhile we're looking at ~60 millions per seat on this flight. Incredible.
https://spacenews.com/aerojet-rocketdyne-defends-sls-engine-contract-costs/ https://spacenews.com/aerojet-rocketdyne-defends-sls-engine-...
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoYou used to be able to visit a space station for $20M. This price outstrips the inflation rate since 2001.
- CraftThatBlock 5y agoDo you have a source on this?
- dustintrex 5y agoReputedly, that's what the very first space tourist Dennis Tito paid for his jaunt to the ISS. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-tourism-20-year-anniversary-scn/index.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-tourism-20-year-ann... The math is a bit different though, since that sum was propping up Roscosmos, which is a government org with opaque accounting and already had everything in place. By contrast, at whatever price Isaacman paid, SpaceX made a clear commercial profit.
- rasz 5y agoTito flew on Richard Garriott aka Lord British (Ultima series) ticket. Afair the original ticket was $5 mil, but dotcom boom forced Richard into liquidating assets. Space Adventures charged Tito extra.