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The C-17 is not a rocket, it's a cargo plane:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
and yeah it's >$200M to make, not fly. A C-17 flight almost certainly costs way less than a rocket launch.
It's an interesting article, but getting to this point makes me seriously question what this writer actually knows about the subject.
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The C-17 is not a rocket, it's a cargo plane:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
and yeah it's >$200M to make, not fly. A C-17 flight almost certainly costs way less than a rocket launch.
It's an interesting article, but getting to this point makes me seriously question what this writer actually knows about the subject.