• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I mean, if you ignore all the R&D costs up to now, including the cost of the 2 failed attempts that came before. And comparing it to house prices isn’t great either, they’re comparing the sale price of a house with the cost price of a rocket. It didn’t cost £200M to build that house that sold for £200M.

    Still though, it’s a great achievement, and keeping a relatively low budget is impressive.

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      1 year ago

      Why include R&D up to this point? Do we say Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) actually cost billions because we include previous Mars missions?

      I think it’s just a bad article. They throw out numbers but don’t say how they got them.