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It's funny to think the development of Star Citizen started in the same year that Falcon 9 first launched.

I like Star Citizen for being the one constant thing in life. Wherever I am, whatever I do, I know there will always be a Star Citizen roadmap to look up.

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Falcon 9 1.0 was announced in 2005, launched in 2010 and cost about US$300 million [0].

Star Citizen was announced in 2010 and has raised over US$300 million [1].

It's wild to me that it takes twice as long and similar amount of money to make a game launch than a rocket launch.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Citizen

John Carmack once said that launching a rocket is actually easier than modern game development.

Or at least a roadmap for the roadmap.[1]

[1] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/313367-star-citizen-deve...

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