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There is some previous discussion on what it would cost to manufacture a copy of JWST in this discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29725799

Speculation is somewhere in the 70%-90% of original cost.



If you were making the same thing at the same time, it'd be about 30%. That is, previous space missions that have built 2 flight articles have spent about 30% more.

Doing it after the fact--- some design work would be saved, but how much of the tooling and supply chain still exists? Parts are going to need re-engineering, etc.




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