Re: Shuttle

On 27 Nov 2005 07:31:53 -0800, "Secret237@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<Secret237@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>No, with only two Shuttle launches a year we're talking about 1
>Billion per mission ....

But we're not talking about two Shuttle launches per year. The current
manifest, the one that shows 19 more Shuttle launches and needs $22B
to fly out, is 4-5 per year. That's still over $1B per launch, but the
average cost throughout the Shuttle program (not just the last four
years of the program) is in the neighborhood of $600 million per
flight.

>And they only get to Earth orbit, at least
>Apollo went to the Moon.
>
>The Shuttle is inherently unsafe with no Launch Escape System.

Soyuz isn't all that safe with one. Its had the same number of fatal
accidents

>Next post maybe we can talk about re-entry and why the Shuttle is
>vulnerable there too.

And both of Soyuz's fatal accidents were during re-entry, plus a
couple of other near misses, including one just five weeks ago.

Brian
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