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Makes 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 boos
by mr_sturd 4y ago
Makes 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?)