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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.181253.6849@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <72597@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec30.205940.28699@iti.org> <30DEC199220055213@judy.uh.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:12:53 GMT
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- In article <30DEC199220055213@judy.uh.edu> wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
-
- >I would dearly love to see your cost analysis on this Allen. Since the
- >marginal cost for a Shuttle mission is only 37 million dollars, this is
- >what it would cost for a reflight.
-
- I work in the real world Dennis. That means I simply cannot pick and choose,
- like you can, which costs I pass on and which I don't. The cost of a Shuttle
- flight IS a minimum of $550 million. nothing you say about marginal costs
- will change that. Tell us Dennis, exactly who is going to pay the share
- of the overhead you have decided not to charge to this mission?
-
- In your world apparently you can simply ignore that flights share of the
- overhead. You can['t do that in the commercial world without going out
- of buisness.
-
- Do you know what the marginal cost of a Corvette is? I'll bet it's less
- than $2,000. When you can persuade General Motors to sell you a new
- Corvette for the marginal cost of one then I'll let you use the marginal
- cost of a Shuttle flight.
-
- Allen
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