Lol delete your original post because you were wrong and rephrase it. Nice one
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Профиль VivelyShuttle was never really “reused” - the SRBs cost more to refurbish than new ones, the engines got rebuilt after each flight, and the heat shield needed significant work. Falcon uses a *lot* of tech developed at NASA, but it’s also unquestionably the most useful rocket the US has ever had.
Yeah it's pretty cheap. Last year ULA, who are the only company currently capable of launching these types of launches, was charging $214m/launch. arstechnica.com/space/2025/1... It's not a bail out. It's a pretty regular contract, the sort of thing they've been doing for a decade