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-From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
-Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
-Date: 28 Dec 92 15:46:24 GMT

-In article <72482@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
->  You seem to have two sets of measuring systems at work. One which you
->  use for DC, Titan, Delta et al, and one which you use for Shuttle.

-I disagree; I feel I am working very hard to account for both the same
-way.

-However, if you disagree, please post your own numbers. State the rules
-you want to use and apply to both systems fairly. Then show that Shuttle
-is better.

I tend to agree with you, but you keep factoring initial development cost
into cost of using the Shuttle. While that may be interesting in itself,
it's not really relevant to the question of whether DC should be developed.
The cost of developing DC *is* relevant.

As I said before, it's not a "level playing field", but that's the goal DC
has to meet - development costs plus operational costs of DC, versus just
the operational costs (including any *future* development costs) of the
Shuttle.

If it wasn't felt that this is possible, nobody would be working on DC.

John Roberts
roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov