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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguements)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.215441.21415@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <1993Jan1.030602.21051@ke4zv.uucp> <1993Jan2.043524.15196@iti.org> <1993Jan4.191452.12294@ke4zv.uucp> <1993Jan4.214819.14834@iti.org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:54:41 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1993Jan4.214819.14834@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan4.191452.12294@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >
- >>>Which is indeed half the battle. But since you back Shuttle no matter what
- >>>it costs, I don't see your point.
- >
- >>I back Shuttle because it's flying *now* and nothing else flying *now*
- >>has it's capabilities at *any* price.
- >
- >I say again, since you back Shuttle no matter what it costs what's your
- >point?
-
- My point is that the heavy costs have already been paid. The $34 billion in
- development money can't be retrieved, the $1.5 billion per each construction
- cost has already been spent, the VAB is built, Pad 39A is operational, etc,
- etc, etc. We better get some use out of those investments until something
- better comes on line, otherwise the entire investment is a write off. And
- nothing better *is* online yet. So Shuttle remains the *cheapest* manned
- western launcher since all the others have infinite costs (*any* non-zero
- cost divided by zero availability is still infinite).
-
- Gary
-
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