by bertok (226922) writes: Which part of this is confusing you?The hilariously low estimate of $500M.he is much lower than the Hubble cost, which was a much simpler telescope.Interestingly, the Hubble cost $2.5B to develop and had a total operating cost of $10B, but the original estimate was $400M, which is similar to your $500M figure.it is likely that what happened in both cases is a symptom of