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[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] gmtom@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

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