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Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation... by SiempreViernes on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:38PM (#22068637)
Even if they were free launches that wouldn't rank above a taunt: most of the satellite cost is in the development and construction anyway.
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Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation... by grey-area on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:35AM (#22072658)
Starlink satellites cost < 500k each, compared to hundreds of millions for traditional sats.

If you mass produced space telescopes they wouldn't cost the ridiculous sums spent on JWST, which is a terrible example of the wasteful cost plus contracts of nasa. They've been planning it since 1996, and costs have risen from 1 billion to 10 billion.

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