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12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development? (insider-gaming.com)
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[โ€“] TheYang 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but only as in the modifications to Falcon 9 to make Falcon Heavy, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't think so, SpaceX claimed (and NASA apparently verified) that the development costs for the Falcon 9 were $300 million. It's in the Wikipedia article, also here: https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/23/how-much-would-falcon-9-have-cost-if-it-was-developed-by-nasa/?amp=1

I was under the impression that the Falcon Heavy was a ground-up development. But in any case the Falcon 9 was cheaper, so go figure...