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πŸ“† July 14, 2022 ’s primary goal is for the cost-per-tonne of thrust of to be under $1,000 β€” this means Raptor needs to be ~$250,000 πŸ’΅ to produce everydayastronaut.com/spacex-r

πŸ“† November 6, 2022 ships ’s 200th πŸ“Š upgraded Raptor engine. SpaceX was also able to boost Raptor 2’s thrust by 25% πŸ“ˆ teslarati.com/spacex-starship-

πŸ“† May 1, 2020 will pay $146 million πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’° for each rocket engine. The needs four engines, and it is arstechnica.com/science/2020/0

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Spaceflight πŸš€ · @spaceflight
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Spaceflight πŸš€ · @spaceflight
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Introducing the

"the system allowed the -- who was getting billions of dollars πŸ’° to build [the ] -- to tell Congress they could do it by that time," said, explaining that the industry knew it'd be paid the same amount πŸ’° every year, of delays. "There was a incentive."

Inspector General Paul Martin : "We saw that the cost-plus contracts that NASA had been using to develop that combined and system work to the contractors' rather than NASA's ." cnet.com/science/space/billion

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Spaceflight πŸš€ · @spaceflight
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was a frequent of commercial space in general and specifically. He did not believe private companiesβ€”especially those that did not do much business in πŸ’° β€”should receive government funding.
He also held the line in πŸ“† 2019 when Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested that due to with the rocket's development, it might be better to launch the spacecraft on SpaceX's πŸš€ arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

πŸ– pork barrel : local projects that are given a lot of in order to win oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

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Spaceflight πŸš€ · @spaceflight
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πŸ“† Sept. 2011 is home to ’s Mission Control and is where NASA’s are launched from. The two played key roles in writing the NASA blueprint and outlining many of the rocket they wanted NASA to build, leading critics to call it the . Critics note that NASA has announced ambitious rocket plans before, only to cancel them as and slipped nytimes.com/2011/09/15/science

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Spaceflight πŸš€ · @spaceflight
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Introducing the

"the system allowed the -- who was getting billions of dollars πŸ’° to build [the ] -- to tell Congress they could do it by that time," said, explaining that the industry knew it'd be paid the same amount πŸ’° every year, of delays. "There was a incentive."

Inspector General Paul Martin : "We saw that the cost-plus contracts that NASA had been using to develop that combined and system work to the contractors' rather than NASA's ." cnet.com/science/space/billion

#senatelaunchsystem #aerospace #industry #sls #garver #regardless #reverse #NASA #orion #advantage #artemis #launchcost #spacepolitics

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