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- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.113005.6724@iti.org>
- Keywords: DC,toilet,high-cost,long duration orbital logistics for astronauts
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <1ige15INN30a@cbl.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:30:05 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1ige15INN30a@cbl.umd.edu> mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) writes:
- >Well, it occured to me after being subjected to a little CNN Headline News
- >peice this evening regarding the new $23 MILLION DOLLAR toilet that will
- >be flying aboard the shuttle Endeavour (GAO is somewhat concerned about
- >this btw)
-
- The GAO report concluded that the 'extended duration toilet' costs about
- ten times more than it needed to because of NASA procurement practices.
- Other examples of this abound; the Wake Shield Facility would cost
- NASA $93 million to build (according to NASA's cost model) yet a private
- company is building the exact same thing for $11M.
-
- >that no mention has been made regarding this sort of thing
- >with respect to the proposed manned, operational Delta Clipper program...
- >and what comes as a result of eating). A great deal of time, effort, and money
- >has been spent on STS to accomodate humans living in space during
- >week long missions in this regard.
-
- I don't know exactly what the DC1 will do. However, I point out that
- the cost will not be as great. SDIO is buying DC in a very un-NASA like
- manner. There are only two government people overseeing activities (I
- have worked on smaller government programs which had more government
- people on it than contractor people doing the work.
-
- That is why the program is coming in at such a low cost. that is also why
- SSTO supporters worked so hard to find a new home which would execute
- the contract in a streamlined manner.
-
- Allen
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