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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space
- Subject: Re: Shuttle replacement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.203236.13184@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:32:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Nov18.203236.13184
- References: <s#s1_2@rpi.edu> <69532@cup.portal.com> <dlv1cgm@rpi.edu> <1992Nov16.142949.15445@iti.org>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
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- In article <1992Nov16.142949.15445@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <69532@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
- >
- >>It seems to me that in 1992, Space Shuttle is offering one of the best
- >>returns on investment in the space community!
- >
- >Atlas and Delta are providing profits for the companies which build them.
- >That means they offer a return on investment.
- >
- >How can the Shuttle possibly be said to offer ANY (much less the best) return
- >on investment? Shuttle has LOST billions.
-
- I suspect Shuttle returned a handsome profit for Rockwell. It has cost
- the US Government billions to develop and maintain Shuttle capabilities,
- but the US Government isn't a profit making institution. It considers
- those costs fully sunk. At $350 million per launch *operating* expense,
- the Shuttle is giving launch capabilities unmatched by any other system
- at bargain rates per fractional payload.
-
- Gary
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