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s1artibartfast on June 19, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly

% GDP isn't an inflation adjustment.

0.8% US GDP in 1969 would be about 8B/yr today. Very different answer

trhway on June 19, 2025 [–]

US GDP 2024 is $29T. Thus 0.8% is $230B.

s1artibartfast on June 20, 2025 | [–]

Expense scales with inflation, not GDP, which is the point.

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