TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoSpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down118
arrow-up1168arrow-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 · 19 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 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-up1·1 hour 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.