Re: Air Force Signs Off on SRB-CEV


"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How about the GAO's numbers?
> "http://www.gao.gov/htext/d04778r.html";
>
> They say that EELV "Program and launch costs increased
> by about $13.3 billion over the approved 2002 baseline
> estimate of $18.8 billion". That's a 71% increase,
> over the original EELV contract when a straight EELV
> sold for something in the $70 million range, which
> puts both straight EELV models up to the $120 million
> plus range today. The GAO report says that the EELV
> program is getting close to costing as much as
> Titan IV.

Don't forget that prices will come down as orders go up. NASA has been
launching roughly four space science missions per year on Delta II. Take
those orders and insert them in the EELV companies' order books and see what
the price drops to.


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