TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down112
arrow-up1121arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months 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-up2·4 months 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.
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoTrying again doesn’t necessarily mean trying again right away.
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
Trying again doesn’t necessarily mean trying again right away.