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BOEING vs NASA (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by anarchy79@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 57 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Apollo 13 budget: ~ $2.8B in 2023 usd

Boeing 737 MAX total program budget (excluding older 737 models): > $180B

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] THE_ANTIHERO@lemmy.today 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah its too fair to boing because they are not sending shit tp fucking space

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

Modern airplanes are also have crazy complicated systems compared to the Apollo program.

But also the MAX eas supotti be a quick and easy upgrade to the existing 737-800, so clearly theu fucked up along the way

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Hahahaha! Well nailed!

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Wasn't it exactly the same as most of the other apollo craft?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Because this is Lemmy

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

put the boot into Boeing

Sounds risky, might break a foot, he should've used a brick instead.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

The bricks fell off due to a software error.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Not to mention Apollo program invented a lot of new stuff never before seen, let alone used.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That explains how Boeing could afford 22 characters while NASA had to make do with 3.