You really don't need to overthink the reality that the op costs far surpass the funding available and the value being created isn't significant enough (in future cash flow terms) to outpace the costs (though, this is tech so while I don't expect it, a miracle advancement would invalidate this).

Open to being corrected on this stance as I'm armchair qb'ing this (on a legitimate, factual basis, not a "but dude this is how I'm going to eat for the next few years" basis).