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Hidden Costs of Nuclear And Emerging Technologies For Space

NASA-Blue Origin’s joint effort shaved 16 years off a hypersonic tug’s development schedule, slashing a projected $1.2 billion budget to roughly $800 million. In my experience, the headline-grabbing timeline win masks a web of hidden costs - funding gaps, regulatory hurdles, and supply chain fragilities - that