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▶ 6:26 · $SPCX · NASA's Artemis II Should Have Been a SpaceX Mission ($100B Waste)
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NASA's Artemis II Should Have Been a SpaceX Mission ($100B Waste)

2026-04-02 · 5 company · 4 thematic
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josh kale

Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

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“For Starship, it can launch for about $100 million. And that's if the Starship rocket blows up. So, if Starship explodes, the total cost of build and materials is about $107 billion. If it does land, which they're planning to do just in a…”
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