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Wow didn't expect this to go to SpaceX. $843 seems like way to much money for this job. Seems like about 400 million $ of that would just be mission assurance.
by panick21_ 2y ago
Wow didn't expect this to go to SpaceX.
$843 seems like way to much money for this job. Seems like about 400 million $ of that would just be mission assurance.
The whole Falcon 9 program didn't even cost 400 million $ to develop initially. That includes developing a new engine.
Unless there are some crazy requirements here that I don't see, this is a great deal for SpaceX.
- TulliusCicero 2y agoIf SpaceX got it for $843m, doesn't that imply it would've cost everyone else a lot more?
- jtriangle 2y ago$843M is the contract cost, basically to just do the R&D. The vehicle itself will be sold separately.
- giobox 2y ago> The whole Falcon 9 program didn't even cost 400 million $ to develop initially. The Falcon 9 first flew in 2010. US govt CPI measure over the period 2008 (picking a development start time at random) to 2024 is ~45 percent. I've not idea if this explains it all, but it certainly explains a chunk of it.
- ikiris 2y agoWho else is there at the moment? Boeing who people don't even trust in atmo, and the russians who we're in a cold war with?
- TMWNN 2y ago>$843 seems like way to much money for this job. The NASA Administrator quoted a $1.5 billion figure, so $843 million is a bargain.