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Article #6729Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 18:07
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 18:07
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In article <1993Jan1.021648.20737@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
>>The Space Shuttle is simply the highest cost (per pound) launch vehicle ever
>>operated.
>At $37,500 a pound Pegasus is over three times the cost of Shuttle.
A pegasus flight is more like $12,000 a pound. However, if you used
the same accounting methods, Peagasus would be far far cheaper. Remember
that OSC paid the cost of development for Pegasus and charges it to
customers. Shuttle costomers however aren't required to pay for the
billions spent on Shuttle.
Allen
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!hela.iti.org!aws From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity Message-ID: <1993Jan1.180732.3931@iti.org> Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow References: <n1348t@ofa123.fidonet.org> <1993Jan1.021648.20737@ke4zv.uucp> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:07:32 GMT Lines: 19