> SpaceX has no prospect of being able to afford the very large investment — at least $10 billion — required to develop a launch vehicle of this scale.
Adjusted for inflation, US gov't spent the equivalent of $65 billion/yr in the 1960's to get a man to the moon:
Adjusted for inflation, US gov't spent the equivalent of $65 billion/yr in the 1960's to get a man to the moon:
http://www.popsci.com/real-cost-nasa-missions