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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: DC cost estimates
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.223517.18578@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <C04M9F.58D.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Distribution: sci
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:35:17 GMT
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- In article <C04M9F.58D.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
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- >Allen generally takes projected "worst-case" cost estimates for DC
- >and multiplies them by two or more in making his calculations, which
- >I think shows he is aware of the problem.
-
- Actually, I doubled the estimates I have seen. They are more likely to
- be the reasonable estimates and not 'worst-case' estimates.
-
-
- >I should make one additional point regarding Allen's calculations - they
- >don't include the large opportunity cost if the Shuttle program should
- >be cancelled before DC is fully operational
-
- I con't follow this. It seems to me that if Shuttle is cancled it could
- more than double the market for DC flights. This could roughly cut DC
- costs in half.
-
- Allen
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