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marak830 · 2016-06-04 01:45:13+00:00

I think that's how much it would cost or the full amount. I do think they spent $400 though. Very weirdly written article.

tqi | karma 3550 | avg karma 3.44 · | 2021-07-07 12:06:02

Reading the article, it's unclear to me what the cost actually is?

Carpetsmoker | karma 2224 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2020-03-29 06:22:15

My guess would be that this figure also includes costs for downtime and the like, but that's just a guess. Would be interested to see a more detailed breakdown of the $400k.

jjnoakes | karma 2590 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2017-06-02 02:49:30+00:00

$331b, not $400b. And the article talks about ways to pay for it. You just have to read to the end is all...

phoe18 | karma 74 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2022-04-18 11:56:28

The article quotes the cost as roughly 10B$ in the first paragraph. Likely a typo? They quote 10M$ in a later paragraph.

winter_blue | karma 2830 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2017-01-10 02:51:33+00:00

How did it cost $350,000? That's an insane number.

icelancer | karma 12767 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2017-12-29 11:43:55+00:00

There is the definite possibility that it actually costs something like $69 billion, in fairness.

sixQuarks | karma 3552 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2014-05-09 18:07:46+00:00

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the cost. I read somewhere they spent around $150,000 to create this. I thought that was extremely costly, but I don't know anything about this kind of stuff, so I'd like to see what you guys think.

onion2k | karma 46633 | avg karma 4.72 · | 2018-08-14 20:27:27

When they say it'll cost $2b I think that's in addition to what's already being spent.

mifreewil | karma 430 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2014-07-11 21:48:09+00:00

Ridiculous Article. All the costs are exaggerated and padded.

shmerl | karma 12092 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2013-04-03 05:40:52+00:00

>But that it would cost ~$3m.

Can you elaborate (if you have any idea) what this cost actually consists of?

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sputknick | karma 1330 | avg karma 4.35 · | 2018-01-17 21:24:59+00:00

In the article it says the cost for the entire project is currently $64 B. I can't fathom that kind of money

outworlder | karma 14663 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2022-05-24 14:15:44

What's the cost breakdown? Can't figure that out without understanding where the money is going.

AHappyCamper | karma 485 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2022-10-29 14:28:55

Yes, but how much did it cost them?

Xorlev | karma 1924 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2020-02-15 20:55:12+00:00

They said that was their time budget, but didn't follow up with how expensive it ended up being in practice -- but agreed.

niallpaterson | karma 63 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2014-06-19 08:29:16+00:00

By my reckoning, this cost them about $600,000+. Ouch.

Ftuuky | karma 1174 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2022-02-02 07:41:56

They say it costs upwards of US$500M.

jevinskie | karma 2827 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2014-02-25 22:29:56+00:00

I thought so as well but the article stated that 44% of costs go towards the crew and their supplies.

rhizome | karma 18082 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2011-02-25 04:04:41+00:00

I'd say more than that. The article didn't even mention the cost of a T-1.

yegor256a | karma 447 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2014-11-05 20:15:09+00:00

I wonder how much tax-payers' dollars they've spent to do this research :)