A space startup got quoted $75–100 million by a traditional prime contractor to build its first satellite. They built it — launch included — for $2 million. The story behind the number is more interesting than the number itself. They ran the math wrong twice — first landing on a $50/kg break-even, then correcting to $500/kg once they pressure-tested it against reality — before the real pivot happened. Wrong estimate first, cheap correction after, in public, under a deadline they'd al...