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		DennisP on April 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early e... The point of the landing is to drastically reduce the cost of space launch, not to impress people with a snazzy demo. With disposable rockets, 80% of the launch cost is the throwaway first stage.

buvanshak on April 17, 2018 [–]

> not to impress people with a snazzy demo.

Never said it was their intention.

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