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Re:SpaceX is now building a Raptor engine a day, NASA says by avmich on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:46PM (#33443335)
> Some very sophisticated stuff like space telescopes is much more expensive than their launch costs.

Today. Space telescopes are much more expensive than their Earth-bound cousins. In a large part because you can't afford failure. With cheap launches you'll send much cheaper telescopes, which will still do the same science - and they are cheaper because they are not made not to fail with very high probability.

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Re:SpaceX is now building a Raptor engine a day, NASA says by m4rtink on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:58AM (#33465158)
Agreed, still even in the future instruments will be likely more expensive than say bunch of liquid H2 for your NERVA engine & which would influence how they are being launched and moved around.
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