Chandrayaan-3 - Indian Moon shot
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-661855...
Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
skwdenyer said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-661855...
Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
The LVM3 launch cost for the previous Chandrayaan-2 mission was listed as ₹ 3.75 billion or about $46 million - given that FH has over six times the payload capacity of the LVM3 it would put the cost per kg of the two roughly on a par, and presumably SpaceX are getting a healthy chunk of profit out of their US government launches. Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
The development cost for Chandrayaan-2 was about $95 million, and since Chandrayaan-3 draws heavily on that platform (with some lander hardware and - hopefully - software updates), I think you'd have to include a significant proportion of that in the effective cost actually achieving a landing. Still a very impressive and ambitious project though.
eharding said:
skwdenyer said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-661855...
Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
The LVM3 launch cost for the previous Chandrayaan-2 mission was listed as ? 3.75 billion or about $46 million - given that FH has over six times the payload capacity of the LVM3 it would put the cost per kg of the two roughly on a par, and presumably SpaceX are getting a healthy chunk of profit out of their US government launches. Just launched. Plan to touch down on the Moon in August.
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
The development cost for Chandrayaan-2 was about $95 million, and since Chandrayaan-3 draws heavily on that platform (with some lander hardware and - hopefully - software updates), I think you'd have to include a significant proportion of that in the effective cost actually achieving a landing. Still a very impressive and ambitious project though.
skwdenyer said:
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
I suspect the labour rate of USA vs India has something to do with it.SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
Anyway, will it be Russia 0, India 1 tomorrow? A bit embarrassing for Ivan if they pull it off.
Simpo Two said:
skwdenyer said:
The stand-out for me? The whole thing's said to have cost just $75m.
SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
I suspect the labour rate of USA vs India has something to do with it.SpaceX are charging over $300m per launch for Falcon Heavy to the US Govt (up from $130m in 2019).
Anyway, will it be Russia 0, India 1 tomorrow? A bit embarrassing for Ivan if they pull it off.
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