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-square65fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down17cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinegames@hexbear.netgames@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-link12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?insider-gaming.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinegames@hexbear.netgames@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheYang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agobut only as in the modifications to Falcon 9 to make Falcon Heavy, right?
minus-squareJrockwarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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…