[Tade0]

> Moonshots like this are understandably expensive, though, and since a huge chunk of that money went to capital costs (like buying a tractor and a harvester), the next crop will be vastly cheaper.

They would get a more accurate number if they calculated how much these machines depreciated over that period instead of just throwing in their total cost.

[justonepost]

Not really, they should theoretically handle a lot more than a hectare with these things.

[teekert]

And over time you don't need machines that accommodate humans anymore making them even cheaper to produce. This is the future.

[Tade0]

That's sort of the point I was making. The machines were barely used, so they should still be worth a lot.