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BOEING vs NASA (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because Boeing should have economy of scale benefits by selling $180B worth of aircraft, while Apollo 13 was a bespoke, single-use, cutting-edge spacecraft on a much smaller budget.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Wasn't it exactly the same as most of the other apollo craft?