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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dalbasal on Friday March 08, 2019 @09:02AM (#19337513)
The premise of a longshot is that it doesn't seem (and isn't) likely that any given plucky startup is likely to succeed, but the rewards are worth the risk.

Anyway... the military isn't always the ideal market force for driving down costs.

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by darkpuma on Friday March 08, 2019 @09:27AM (#19337701)
The military isn't necessarily interested in driving costs down, but they and their numerous well funded, technically competent and experienced contractors are highly motivated when it comes to improving size, reliability, fuel efficiency, etc.
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