but only as in the modifications to Falcon 9 to make Falcon Heavy, right?
Comment on 12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
$700 million is the estimated development cost of the Falcon Heavy.
Not a game, not a space simulation, but the actual Falcon Heavy rocket. A rocket that can actually go into space.
I know they’re different things but I thought I’d leave this here to put things in perspective.
TheYang@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 5 weeks 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: newspaceeconomy.ca/…/how-much-would-falcon-9-have…
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…
Cagi@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
athairmor@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No, the article is claiming $700M in development costs—based on $637M spent by 2022–and $790M raised. They’re speculating that the company is going to run out of money soon.
Cagi@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
athairmor@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s not how you calculate profit. Their revenue might exceed their costs so far but they have to keep spending. The game isn’t done and it costs money to just keep the lights on.
Look, I don’t know their financials. I’m just correcting what you claimed and pointing out what the article is claiming which is that their spending appears to be outpacing their revenue.