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Ok I realize you're making a point, but 10 launches a day comes out to about $15 trillion a year, that's like half of the US GDP

> 10 launches a day comes out to about $15 trillion a year

At SLS prices, yes. Falcon Heavy runs at $141mm per launch; 3,650 launches would cost half a trillion.

Not as much, but we were okay to spend $12T on the Iraq war.