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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet
- Keywords: DC,toilet,high-cost,long duration orbital logistics for astronauts
- Message-ID: <ewright.726449353@convex.convex.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 23:29:13 GMT
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- In <1993Jan7.113005.6724@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
-
- >The GAO report concluded that the 'extended duration toilet' costs about
- >ten times more than it needed to because of NASA procurement practices.
-
- Not only did it cost ten times more than it needed to, it
- cost ten times more than it was budgeted for. Seems the
- contractor kept tacking on features, and no one at NASA
- thought to say, "no." This despite the fact that NASA
- probably has more beancounters than a Big Eight accounting
- firm.
-
- >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.
-
- Worked? I certainly hop you didn't mean to put this in the past tense.
-