They don't need to pay it back
There's a common belief that a company needs to "pay back" the money they spend on R&D before they can get benefit from a new project. This is rarely true because of how financing works in the space world.
There's a common belief that a company needs to "pay back" the money they spend on R&D before they can get benefit from a new project. This is rarely true because of how financing works in the space world.
