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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Energya and Freedom and Soyuz ACRV and...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.130334.8888@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 13:03:34 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Aug14.130334.8888
- References: <168mm3INNak7@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug11.174621.13009@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <16aaa5INNlav@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
- Lines: 26
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- In article <16aaa5INNlav@agate.berkeley.edu> gwh@soda.berkeley.edu (George William Herbert) writes:
- >
- > Ok, we now have 4 potential solutions (HL-20, Soyuz, 2xPLS above);
- >Soyuz is $65 million per flight and $500 million to adapt (massively
-
- This is a questionable number. CIS is now quoting commercial launches
- on Proton for $65 million, not including payload, and the US and others
- are complaining that that is a below cost figure and unfair trading
- practice. The US wants them to charge $85 million like Arianne. Now
- add in the cost of a new Soyuz capsule for each flight to get a realistic
- number.
-
- > As you've said, neither PLS nor HL-20 is going to Phase B anytime
- >soon, though it's easy to point out that if they don't, we won't have
- >a ACRV for PMC Freedom (or for several years later 8-( ). NASA gets
- >half credit for knowing it needs one and fails the exam for not
- >acknowledging it and trying to solve the problem by the time the need is
- >real... 8-(
-
- But we will have long duration Shuttles by the time of PMC. So the
- Shuttle can be crew transport, resupply, material return, and ACRV
- until we get something better. Not great, but workable with the current
- fleet. We also get the use of the docked Shuttle's middeck and Canadarm
- at no extra cost.
-
- Gary
-