It true that Astra took 7 tries to get to orbit, but they did so in record time from founding to achieving orbit. * Astra - 5 years * SpaceX - 7 years * Fire

It true that Astra took 7 tries to get to orbit, but they did so in record time from founding to achieving orbit. * Astra - 5 years * SpaceX - 7 years * Firefly - 8 years * RocketLab - 12 years * Virgin Orbit - 13 years ABL, Relativity, Blue Origin, Stoke - never made it to orbit Compare the cost of SLS ($4.1 billion) and Vulcan ($100-200 million) to an Astra rocket ($4 million). If you spend 100-1000x more money, is it impressive to have better performance than a $4 million rocket?