[rrss]

Where did you get this $37 billion number? I don’t think SpaceX has had $37B of investment or revenue.

The only figure for the development cost i can find online is “more than $500 million.”

From https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-o...

[TrapLord_Rhodo]

It's obviously inflated, as I took the whole lifecycle of the company and technically they still haven't completed it yet (Because that and starship is what the whole company has been working towards since inception)

They've received around $10B[0] in funding. About 3.2B [1] in fed payment, with about $13B, in appropriated funding. I would say they've launched a number of private missions as well that made them a profit.

[0]https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/space-exploration-te... [1]https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/search.do?q=spacex+UEI_NAME%3A...

[rrss]

Now do the cost for SLS based on the total cost to date for NASA and all contractors since inception, including the costs for Apollo and the shuttle.

This is not just inflated, it’s 100% bogus - this is not a reasonable way to estimate development costs for a launch vehicle.