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I think it's important to realize that this is a NASA contractor, not NASA itself. Furthermore, Congress & the President have forced NASA into purchasing these
by bsilvereagle 12y ago
I think it's important to realize that this is a NASA contractor, not NASA itself. Furthermore, Congress & the President have forced NASA into purchasing these transport contracts by killing off the Space Shuttle.
- gohrt 12y agoA $200Million loss is better than the best of all possible Space Shuttle's outcomes.
- seanflyon 12y agoThe Space Shuttle which costs between $450 million [1] and $1.5 billion [2] per launch depending on who you ask and still blows up 1.5% of the time. [1] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttl... [2] http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-2656-2008.18.pdf http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/re...