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Re:A bevy of rovers heading for the Moon by dividedbyzero on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @02:12PM (#30364371)
> So for ~ the cost of one SLS launch spacex could put more into space that all of history.

Could they? I think they still have to prove they are able to deliver that kind of cadence at that price point. They aim to get there and I hope they do, but spaceflight being as fiendishly hard as it is, I wouldn't take their marketing claims as fact just yet.

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Re:A bevy of rovers heading for the Moon by Fatnino on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:37PM (#30368903)
You're right, all this assumes the marketing material is an accurate description of the furure. Sprinkling in a dose of reality we must conclude that with maybe only two launches ever, SLS will turn out to cost much much more per launch.
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