>>1583124Shuttle "cost per seat" is also somewhat misleading as the Shuttle wasn't a capsule design.
The Shuttle was also a payload launcher and also had a bunch of stuff like a robotic arm, airlock for EVA and a bunch of other stuff.
The shuttle was basically like launching a small space station every mission, given the bizarre and unique capabilities of it.
Apollo is more comparable in terms of size and capacity, though I'd give Apollo a pass here given the fact that those costs likely involve a Saturn V and LEM. I wonder what the cost of an Apollo with a Saturn IB was, given its use for missions like Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz.
