• Justin
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    9 months ago

    Apollo 13 budget: ~ $2.8B in 2023 usd

    Boeing 737 MAX total program budget (excluding older 737 models): > $180B

    • Hildegarde
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      409 months ago

      Why are you comparing the budget of one single spacecraft with an entire production run of a model of airplane? That’s not a reasonable comparison.

        • @[email protected]
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          48 months ago

          Modern airplanes are also have crazy complicated systems compared to the Apollo program.

          But also the MAX eas supotti be a quick and easy upgrade to the existing 737-800, so clearly theu fucked up along the way

        • Ann ArchyOP
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          29 months ago

          Hahahaha! Well nailed!

      • Justin
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        198 months ago

        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.

        • @gmtom
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          58 months ago

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

      • @edgemaster72
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        49 months ago

        put the boot into Boeing

        Sounds risky, might break a foot, he should’ve used a brick instead.

        • Ann ArchyOP
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          59 months ago

          The bricks fell off due to a software error.

    • @MeanEYE
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      89 months ago

      Not to mention Apollo program invented a lot of new stuff never before seen, let alone used.

    • Ann ArchyOP
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      49 months ago

      That explains how Boeing could afford 22 characters while NASA had to make do with 3.