GURPS Spaceships, in use!

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by Tommi_Kovala

Good heavens.

It's not like they spent it over night. That ship took nearly a decade to build in space. $238 billion a year is a lot of money, but hardly the terrifying sum. Okay, considering that NASA's budget request for 2008 is $10.5 billion it's a little out there.

And, according to Wikipedia (where all human knowledge is stored!) the US has a current GDP of $13 trillion.

Don't forget that you're building a "unique" vehicle with highly advanced technology (for modern day). Also on p.34 of Spaceships there's even a section on Cost and limited production runs. Believe me, the Glacier Bay is a one-of-a-kind ship in its world. Her actual cost was $23.8 billion, but I added the x100 limited production multiplier.

Also, the cost of the Glacier Bay was a running gag between my sister and myself when I first built it in 1989. The joke was that the designers of the ship artificially inflated the price of the ship and pocketed the differences. They all retired exceptionally wealthy. In countries without extradition treaties.