India just landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar
www.independent.co.uk
Some houses cost less than Indian space agency spent on getting to the Moon
  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
    411·
    2 years ago

    I mean, if you ignore all the R&D costs up to now, including the cost of the 2 failed attempts that came before. And comparing it to house prices isn’t great either, they’re comparing the sale price of a house with the cost price of a rocket. It didn’t cost £200M to build that house that sold for £200M.

    Still though, it’s a great achievement, and keeping a relatively low budget is impressive.

    • steltek@lemm.eeEnglish
      111·
      2 years ago

      Why include R&D up to this point? Do we say Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) actually cost billions because we include previous Mars missions?

      I think it’s just a bad article. They throw out numbers but don’t say how they got them.