Re: Another space race: China & Russia vs. the USA


"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
news: 455c973e.609142170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:49:01 +0200, in a place far, far away,
"frédéric haessig" <fhaessig@xxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Provided Falcon 9 ever flies sucessfully ( it's not a trivial matter to go
from Falcon-1 to Falcon-9 in a few years ), it will have the capability to
lanch people in orbit, with a lot to spare. Then, it will need to design a
manned capsule ( again not impossible but not trivial ) and convince
people
it is safe, which will depend on history of previous falcons.

The capsule prototype has already been built.


Which one? I'm not aware of this. Can you tell me more or provide a link?

Currently, I'd
much rather go up in a soyouz, thank you. You can send the luggage and
food
( and hotel ) with a falcon-9. Not to mention that Soyouz is less than
half
the foreseen price for Falcon 9, so you'd need to set at least 7 people on
your falcon to make it worthwhile ( provided no price change )

Where do you get these numbers? How do you know what the ultimate
price will be for the Falcon, and what are you using for Soyuz?

Annonced price for Falcon-9 : 78 million$ according to Space X documents.

Price for Soyouz ( based upon the Soyouz at Kourou agreement ) : just below
40 million, all inclusive ( including CSG fee ). I expect a baikonour or
plesetsk launch to be cheaper.


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