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How much does it cost to crash a $3 million hypercar on a NASA landing strip?


It’s cheaper than a Vision Pro.

Hennessey Special Vehicles crashed its Venom F5 — a $3 million hypercar — while driving nearly 250mph on the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center in July. The damage was apparently minimal, and repair, plus subsequent hazmat cleanup, cost $712.70, which was billed to Space Coast Testing, the company that manages runway rentals. Renting the LLF, which was once used as a landing strip for NASA’s Space Shuttle and serves aerospace purposes like delivering the United Launch Alliance’s rocket stages, can cost $2,200 for a four-hour stretch, ClickOrlando reported.

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