| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
In a wire-services article yesterday, the claim was made that NASA
will save more than $1 billion from not launching and shuttles for
the next year or 2. The article went on to say that this + scrounging
from other govt. departments might allow a new shuttle to be built
without appropriating new money.
Burns
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 173.1 | Free Lunch (Launch?) | LYMPH::INGRAHAM | Programmer Bob | Mon May 05 1986 11:43 | 9 |
Unfortunately these savings will be partially eaten up by the
Challenger salvage operation and the investigation, and also the
probable cost of re-design of parts of the SRB's and other critical
Shuttle components. Further, no new income will be generated by
commercial sattelite launches for the near future.
Not that it wouldn't be nice to get a new shuttle or two as freebies,
but I just wouldn't count on it...
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| 173.2 | $1B or $5B each? | APOLLO::TATOSIAN | Burn Wood/Starve a Texan ;^) | Wed May 07 1986 01:34 | 6 |
re: .0 I thought that each "bird" cost $5B. Was that for
each, or did I mix it up with the cost for the 4
existing orbiters?
DATman
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| 173.3 | $1B each | COMET::TIMPSON | In the hands of the Father | Wed May 07 1986 13:54 | 1 |