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Re:India launches 20 satellites in single mission by eklavya on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @04:00AM (#11952218)
Top engineers don't get paid this low but I get your point. Do you have any evidence to support that the major cost component for space missions is the salaries being paid?
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Re:India launches 20 satellites in single mission by simonh on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:04AM (#11952412)
Apart from land rights, all the costs of everything are salaries being paid. I'm not be facetious. It's salaries all the way down until you hit land rights.
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Re:India launches 20 satellites in single mission by eklavya on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:08AM (#11952647)
What about equipment/infrastructure/R&D/materials? If space tech is all about salaries I doubt what else isn't. If that were true wouldn't all commercial R&D move to India? It makes economical sense.
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