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Of course nobody actually pays that.
by pencilguin 4y ago
Of course nobody actually pays that.
- wongarsu 4y agoThat goes for anything sold B2B for more than a couple hundred dollars. But still, I can immediately budget it at that price, and if the price comes down 20% in negotiations that pays for everything else that's behind schedule and over budget
- ur-whale 4y ago>Of course nobody actually pays that That's not the point.
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- mr_sturd 4y agoMakes you wonder if this customer actually did though. If they were forced to dispose of the central booster due to the needs of the payload, that central booster must be costed in.
- gpm 4y agoThey paid more, something like $150M I think "no one pays that" has more to do with "every mission is actually a negotiated contract" than "the price is inflated". https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/falcon-heavy-ussf-44/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/falcon-heavy-ussf-44...
- mr_sturd 4y agoFair enough, I'd naïvely thought of it as a ceiling.
- asah 4y agoIn my experience, most commercial offerings over USD$100,000 are negotiated, simply because there's enough money to do pay someone to negotiate.
- pencilguin 4y agoTry that next time you stay in a hotel, or fly. Usually you pay more, often a lot more. But sometimes less. Probably most SpaceX customers pay more. (Oh, you wanted it not tumbling?)
- kwertyoowiyop 4y agoGotta ask for the AAA discount.
- ovao 4y agoEnter coupon code “CHIEFTWIT2022” during checkout.
- sebzim4500 4y agoFor Falcon Heavy you are probably right (since there aren't many clients and they all have specific requests) but it is my understanding that the publically listed reusable F9 price is the one being paid by most customers.