lessthanabelian t1_je2mdr3 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:24 PM

Reply to comment by seanflyon in German launch startup Isar secures €155M in Series C funding. The company has now raised more than €300M by AndrewParsonson

So, exactly what I said, miscategorizing costs.

Engine development is part of F9 vehicle development.

seanflyon t1_je32vdb wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:27 AM

No, you just didn't quite read the comment you replied to.

I generally prefer to include engine development in vehicle development, but plenty of people disagree especially when the engine development happened before the development of a particular vehicle. Merlin was developed for Falcon 1, though there were continued improvements over time.

No one who read that source and understood the context would honestly say "Elon isn't being completely honest or more likely is miscategorizing costs somewhere". You were just confused.