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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by craftinator on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:57AM (#23247595)
Do you have a source for that? If true, that's absolutely amazing.
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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by tengbretson on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:10AM (#23247801)
This article quoted Musk as saying the falcon heavy cost "over $500 million" and that it had been awarded contracts worth $500-750 million that recouped its investment. So let's pin it at $600 mil for this comparison. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-o...

NASA's 2020 budget of $22.6 billion from here: https://www.planetary.org/get-involved/be-a-space-advocate/b...

22.6 billion * (10/365) = $712 million

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