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minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·2 days ago…no? my source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competition#2010-2020s:_Competition_and_pricing_pressure and scroll down a bit to the chart with launch costs the space shuttle sucked
minus-squareAngrySquirrel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThe space shuttle was a mistake, but that is a laughably disingenuous route to claim that NASA couldn’t be doing these things for cheaper than private companies. Saturn V rocket launches were cheaper than space shuttle launches.
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoyeah but the falcon 9 and heavy are the cheapest ever compared to everything I hate musk, don’t misunderstand me, but spaceX has done some incredible things with rocket reusability
…no? my source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competition#2010-2020s:_Competition_and_pricing_pressure and scroll down a bit to the chart with launch costs
the space shuttle sucked
The space shuttle was a mistake, but that is a laughably disingenuous route to claim that NASA couldn’t be doing these things for cheaper than private companies. Saturn V rocket launches were cheaper than space shuttle launches.
yeah but the falcon 9 and heavy are the cheapest ever compared to everything
I hate musk, don’t misunderstand me, but spaceX has done some incredible things with rocket reusability