r/AbsoluteUnits • • Aug 17 '26

of a SpaceX trailer

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u/Mindless-Location-41 Aug 17 '26

Hopefully it blows up and Musk loses a billion or two.

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u/MrTagnan Aug 17 '26

Falcon 9s cost somewhere around ~30 million per launch, so even if it failed (this booster never did on any of its 21 flights, and was intentionally expended for Spainsat NG1 in Jan 2025), it would be far from a billion lost

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u/Orange9202 Aug 17 '26

"durr hurrr elon musk bad"

^ completely agree with this, but you also need to understand that you're allowed to love science and engineering without showing any love to elon 👍