> Deep Purple will observe the Earth, the sky and its celestial bodies, and other satellites in the ultraviolet (UV) and short-wave infrared. It was designed, developed, qualified and delivered in approximately one year and for less than $1 million by a team of LLNL spacecraft engineers.
I think that's faster & cheaper than launching our last product at work.
I suspect they did not count personnel cost in that $1M. The wages alone could easily exceed that, let alone the overhead that corporations usually account for.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadI think that's faster & cheaper than launching our last product at work.