Re: The Hubble Should SPLASH!
From: George William Herbert (gherbert_at_retro.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: 10 Sep 2004 03:41:16 GMT
Late followups ongoing...
Explorer8939 <Explorer8939@yahoo.com> wrote:
>It should be noted that NASA projects are always cheap in their early
>iterations; it takes a while for the price to increase to normal
>levels.
>
>I would suspect that the first $800 million for JWST will just cover
>the viewgraphs.
Reference is escaping me (AvLeak? SpaceViews?), but recent reports
indicate that the NASA project inflator (early costs to final costs)
is about 1.45, about the same as major DOD programs in the US.
Even if we apply that rule of thumb, the $1.2 billion or so is still
about a shuttle flight cheaper than the Hubble repair.
-george william herbert
gherbert@retro.com
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