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Apollo 13 budget: ~ $2.8B in 2023 usd
Boeing 737 MAX total program budget (excluding older 737 models): > $180B
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.
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.
Wasn't it exactly the same as most of the other apollo craft?
Because this is Lemmy
https://youtu.be/URoVKPVDKPU?si=6wAXf8ckCXTPb_UY
Wendover's video on Boeing - it's easy to see how costs spiral under their model, plus it's nice to see Sam - probably one of the biggest aviation geeks around - put the boot into Boeing.
A good waste of 20+ mins.
Sounds risky, might break a foot, he should've used a brick instead.
The bricks fell off due to a software error.
Not to mention Apollo program invented a lot of new stuff never before seen, let alone used.
That explains how Boeing could afford 22 characters while NASA had to make do with 3.