Comments by "Mosern1977" (@Mosern1977) on "Spacex Booster Catch: $3 BILLION BUSTED!!" video.

  1. Convert the % of GDP the US spent on the Apollo program, and the equivalent cost today would have been about 1480 billion USD. So spending 3 billion on this is basically nothing. Still got 1477 billion to go spending, before USA reach Apollo program costs.
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  2.  @somuchfortalent  - nothing, because its still in development. SpaceX have however launched more payload to orbit than the rest of the world combined using their reusable Falcon 9 rocket - because that's in operation. How can they afford to do that? Because Falcon 9 is the only rocket in the world that has a reusable first stage.
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  3.  @mityaboy4639  - you are correct, the timeline was optimistic for a never-before seen project. Which was also pointed out at the time by a lot of people. Doesn't really matter though, if it is 2024 or 2030 when it happens. It happens. Unlike the space industry which hadn't changed since the 1970s.
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  4.  @jazzabighits4473  - I used % of GDP, not inflation as basis for calculating the true cost of the Apollo program.
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