• Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
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    9 months ago

    Apollo 13 budget: ~ $2.8B in 2023 usd

    Boeing 737 MAX total program budget (excluding older 737 models): > $180B

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      9 months ago

      Why are you comparing the budget of one single spacecraft with an entire production run of a model of airplane? That’s not a reasonable comparison.

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        9 months ago

        Because Boeing should have economy of scale benefits by selling $180B worth of aircraft, while Apollo 13 was a bespoke, single-use, cutting-edge spacecraft on a much smaller budget.