TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down119
arrow-up1190arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours 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-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours 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.
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
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