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- From: strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore)
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
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- References: <ewright.724353431@convex.convex.com> <1992Dec16.102412.27942@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.724533084@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:40:49 GMT
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- In article <ewright.724533084@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
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- >McDonnell Douglas has estimated the total development costs of the DC-1
- >at $1.5 billion. I don't recall exactly how much money has been spent
- >on DC-X, but it's in the range of a couple hundred million. NASA spends
- >over a billion dollars on each Space Shuttle flight. I think you've
- >indulged in some creative accounting.
- >
- Gee, they must be investing their moeny pretty well then. The
- budget for shuttle operations last year was between $4 and $5 billion.
- There were 8 flights. Hmm, I don't get over $1 Billion a flight.
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