Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?insider-gaming.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down17cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareTheYang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agobut only as in the modifications to Falcon 9 to make Falcon Heavy, right?
minus-squareJrockwar@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI don’t think so, SpaceX claimed (and NASA apparently verified) that the development costs for the Falcon 9 were $300 million. It’s in the Wikipedia article, also here: https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/23/how-much-would-falcon-9-have-cost-if-it-was-developed-by-nasa/?amp=1 I was under the impression that the Falcon Heavy was a ground-up development. But in any case the Falcon 9 was cheaper, so go figure…
but only as in the modifications to Falcon 9 to make Falcon Heavy, right?
I don’t think so, SpaceX claimed (and NASA apparently verified) that the development costs for the Falcon 9 were $300 million. It’s in the Wikipedia article, also here: https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/23/how-much-would-falcon-9-have-cost-if-it-was-developed-by-nasa/?amp=1
I was under the impression that the Falcon Heavy was a ground-up development. But in any case the Falcon 9 was cheaper, so go figure…