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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:39 PM Original message |
NASA Figures Show That Commercial Rocket Costs Less Than Half as Much as Government-Run Effort Would |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I call bullshit. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I second that bullshit call |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. No, these are development costs, not per-flight costs. nt |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I corrected myself lower in the post |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. NASA could've used off-the-shelf parts, too |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Those SRBs were a major contributor to the cost-per-launch of shuttle |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I think the critical part is that they haven't built up a safety record |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Musk is designing these to get people to Mars and back |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'll call BS on your BS call. NASA does suffer from a serious case of... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Agree. nt |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Amen! |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. You get what you pay for - ask Christa McAuliffe |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah, after NASA does all the hard work breaking ground... |
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