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I read somewhere that the only reason the Soyuz is cheaper than the Space Shuttle is the fact that Russian engineers are just paid a lot less.
by wlievens 17y ago
I read somewhere that the only reason the Soyuz is cheaper than the Space Shuttle is the fact that Russian engineers are just paid a lot less.
- gaius 17y agoI very much doubt that's true, because you're not comparing like with like. Soyuz isn't carting around all the gubbins needed to be "reusable" for a start. Compare Shuttle to Buran...