> Cost is irrelevant I agree with your overall point, but I think the person you replied to has a point as well. The cost of developing F9 is ridiculously low

> Cost is irrelevant I agree with your overall point, but I think the person you replied to has a point as well. The cost of developing F9 is ridiculously low (considering the industry), so it should have been possible to do by any country / group of countries if the cost was the only problem... > "According to NASA's own independently verified numbers, SpaceX's development costs of both the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 rockets were estimated at approximately $390 million in total."