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- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.041427.19927@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <71877@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec22.160715.28828@iti.org> <1992Dec25.002522.4127@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:14:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec25.002522.4127@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
-
- >>> The Space Transportation budget this year was about $5 billion, if
- >>> memory serves. NASA flew 8 Shuttle missions this year.
-
- >>This number does not include NASA overhead, amortization of the orbiter,...
-
- >This is a tired argument. NASA is not a private company, is not chartered
- >to work like a private company,...
-
- Completely irrelevant. The question of the cost of a shuttle flight is
- something the taxpayers are entitled to know. One element of that cost
- is the development of the vehicle.
-
- Knowing the cost is important so that our tax $$ can be spent wisely. A
- serious problem wiht governemnt is that it doesn't consider cost a relevant
- factor. Your willingness to ignore costs only encourages the wasting of
- more money and makes it impossible to learn from past mistakes.
-
- Just because NASA isn't a profit making entity doesn't mean there isn't
- a bottom line.
-
- Allen
-
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- | Allen W. Sherzer | "A great man is one who does nothing but leaves |
- | aws@iti.org | nothing undone" |
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