TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoSpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down121
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.www.smithsonianmag.comTheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoNot necessarily, the launch tower is something like a half billion dollar piece of infrastructure and if it had been damaged or leveled it would have been an enormous setback in terms of money and time, as the second tower is nowhere near ready
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoTrying again doesn’t necessarily mean trying again right away.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·20 days agoI think you’ve got too many zeros on your price estimate, no? The tower is huge, but there’s no way it costs five hundred million dollars.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoAre you including the R&D costs? Best estimates I’ve seen for a mechzilla put labour and materials between 65-95 million USD
Not necessarily, the launch tower is something like a half billion dollar piece of infrastructure and if it had been damaged or leveled it would have been an enormous setback in terms of money and time, as the second tower is nowhere near ready
Trying again doesn’t necessarily mean trying again right away.
I think you’ve got too many zeros on your price estimate, no? The tower is huge, but there’s no way it costs five hundred million dollars.
My numbers are correct
Are you including the R&D costs? Best estimates I’ve seen for a mechzilla put labour and materials between 65-95 million USD