Re: Delta 4 Costs


"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jeff Findley wrote:
"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Altogether, the two EELV programs are costing an average of $913
million
per year just for the fixed costs, which are being funded to be able to

So what are the fixed costs of the shuttle program?

Jeff

NASA requested $4.0467 billion total for shuttle during FY2007, during
which time four space shuttle missions are planned ($1.0142 billion per
flight). That total included $1.7587 billion ($0.440 billion per
flight) for "hardware", which would presumably give some clue about
marginal costs. Based on this, my guess would be that shuttle fixed
costs are somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.3 billion per year.


You've lost me. If the $4.04B includes the $1.7B, how do you get to $2.3B?

(and for those who haven't been playing at home, the fixed costs for the
shuttle tend to be fairly well.. fixed.

Definitely a system that scaled well by flying more, rather than less.)





- Ed Kyle



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