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SpaceX already is cheaper than NASA
by JanSt 3y ago
SpaceX already is cheaper than NASA
- mmustapic 3y agoCheaper how? NASA doesn’t fly their own rockets or spaceships, so there’s no comparison.
- DarmokJalad1701 3y agoCheaper compared to what NASA used to spend (in R&D and/or launch costs) to put one of their astronauts or 1 kg of mass into orbit.
- soco 3y agoNot sure, are you comparing the costs of technology 50 years ago with the costs of today's technology? That's not a very valid comparison, to say the least. Not only technology as a whole evolved a lot to give you waaay more bang for the buck, but also everything done today is built on the shoulders of the giant investments made at the start of the space age. So please, let's not bring unfounded arguments for the sake of ideology.
- DarmokJalad1701 3y agoNot 50 years ago. See SLS for example. NASA is paying $146m PER engine (and the rocket has four, and fuel tanks, avionics , an upper stage, fairings, two solid rocket boosters ... ). An entire Falcon Heavy launch is <$100 million.