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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by BinaryIdiot on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:23PM (#12407164)
This was my first thought but then again I don't know how expensive the one was and if they built one and it launched successfully, what would they do with the second one? Seems like a damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-don't scenarios.
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by manarth on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:50PM (#12407393)
The payload was reported at $200 million.

Although whether it would cost an additional $200 million to build a second is another question, but I doubt there would be that significant an economy of scale for just one extra unit.

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by perseusprime11 on Thursday September 01, 2016 @09:57PM (#12410279)
Why does a satellite cost so much? I always thought it was a computer with solar panels orbiting in space using gravitational force?
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by BinaryIdiot on Thursday September 01, 2016 @10:26PM (#12410402)
I think a lot of it is using electronics that are less susceptible to radiation along with needing a clean room to actually build the thing. Not sure if that accounts for the entire $200 million.
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