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by railsgirls112 2591 days ago
Thank you! I don't have exact figures handy but short answer no, not at this scale at least. Manufacturing, design, materials, safety etc. all easily runs in the tens of thousands of dollars. We are on a much tighter budget, but AFAIK USC has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a single launch.
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The article doesn't really say anything to the parent commenter's question...

This was not possible years ago (the part about students being able to do it, not nation states). What improvements in design and tech occured?