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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.021648.20737@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <n1348t@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:16:48 GMT
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- In article <n1348t@ofa123.fidonet.org> David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- >
- >The Space Shuttle is simply the highest cost (per pound) launch vehicle ever
- >operated.
-
- At $37,500 a pound Pegasus is over three times the cost of Shuttle. Care to
- venture a guess what Vanguard's cost per pound was? Shuttle *is* expensive
- to operate, but it offers capabilities not found on any other current system.
- It is not the highest cost way to do some tasks, it's the only way. That
- makes it the cheapest way until something better is flying.
-
- Gary
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