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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Comparative $/lb to LEO
- Message-ID: <C03u1M.EBv.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 03:36:16 GMT
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- -From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- -Subject: Re: Comparative $/lb to LEO (Was: Stupid Shuttle Cost Arguments)
- -Date: 29 Dec 92 17:11:40 GMT
- -Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
-
- -That said, there are some launchers that cost more, per pound
- -of payload on orbit, than the Shuttle. But they are very small
- -launchers that don't have many pounds of payload to spread
- -their cost across.
-
- Well said. The Shuttle has some good points, but cost isn't one of them.
-
- The advantages of the small, high $/lb launchers are low cost for a
- dedicated launch, and reducing the time spent waiting for a launch
- (at least in theory - Pegasus has to increase its launch rate if it
- wants to serve that market).
-
- If DC is successful, the small launchers may have to adjust their market
- niche (or their prices).
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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