Ah yes, Cosmos-style. I'm not sure it "wouldn't have been that much more expensive" though. Building and testing these things takes a lot of effort, time, and

Ah yes, Cosmos-style. I'm not sure it "wouldn't have been that much more expensive" though. Building and testing these things takes a lot of effort, time, and thus, money. Even at just 5% of the costs we're talking about almost $500 million (and it would likely be much more than just 5%).