Re: Costs of Shuttle vs traditional rockets
- From: "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:57:33 GMT
Considering the very low percentage of the budget Nasa get, I guess the
costs of whatever they do are relative, and cheap for the country for what
is both a good advert for the US, and a kind of wildcard in the research
front.
There is always the argument that the budget will go further if people stay
on the ground of course, but that argument is a cultural one as much as an
economic one.
Anyone who could say for sure that one method of doing something is going to
be cheaper when its not built yet is brave. One fact is true however, the
Shuttle hardware is getting old and hard to maintain, and I just wonder if
we all were doing the same thing now (and remember in the beginning the
military wanted it) if it might look different, but still have a similar
chunk of the budget.
Brian
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"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Shuttle has been accued of being very expensive to operate. And one cannot
deny the numbers are high.
Out of curiosity, if the USA were to fully replace the shuttle (manned
capsule and launcher, cargo launcher as well as space guidance and auto
berthing/docking capabilities) would the costs of developping and then
constantly building all these different components still be vastly
inferior to operating the shuttle or would they end up being in the same
ballpark ?
In other words, while the shuttle may not be the best (financially) in any
one of its missions, is it possible that having a single versatile vehicle
makes the total costs more competitive ?
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