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Article #6384Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
From: Henry A Worth
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:37
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:37
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In article <1992Dec17.104748.8173@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes: > In article <1992Dec16.163114.4715@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes: > >In article <1992Dec16.125638.29623@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes: > > > >>Last I heard they're > >>willing to rent Cosmonaut time at $5 million an hour plus launch costs > >>for any experimental equipment you want them to use. > > > >No offense but I would like some backing for that. > > Oh. Oh. My source is a post by Nick Szabo Sept 19th of last year where > he quotes a Mir Press article on suited time for sale. Since they offered > John Denver a ride for $10 million, this must be out to lunch. > > Gary I believe the $5M/hr figure was for EVA time. The planning, support, and resources required for EVA are non-trival, whether performed by the CIS or the USA. -- Henry Worth No, I don't speak for Amdahl... I'm not even sure I speak for myself.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!JUTS!macaw!haw30 From: haw30@macaw.ccc.amdahl.com (Henry A Worth) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...) Message-ID: <886702OZ2fe701@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 18 Dec 92 20:37:01 GMT References: <84k24ya@rpi.edu> <1992Dec15.195913.10847@iti.org> <1992Dec16.125638.29623@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec16.163114.4715@iti.org> <1992Dec17.104748.8173@ke4zv.uucp> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 24