I know for a fact that SC will sell you one for $1,500. Cheap!
Well, until the next wipe. Then they'll kick the door of your rented spaceship in, break your spacelegs, and take all of your space stuphs.
Speaking of SC, does anyone know what the critical mass of threads showing moany "content creator" videos saying the same thing (Well, I used to love Elite Dangerous but now I don't, I've switched to SC and you should too, here's my referral code!) with an "I hope FDev is listening" comment plopped on the end is? There's eleventy seven of them going at the moment, wondering how many more we can cram in...