Recent NASA estimates peg the shuttle program's cost through the end of last year at $209 billion (in 2010 dollars), yielding a per-flight cost of nearly $1.6 billion. And the orbiter fleet never flew more than nine missions in a single year. The shuttle program is drawing to a close...
Space shuttle missions cost about 450 million dollars per launch, and while that sounds like a lot more than SpaceX's price of $133 million, 航天飞机执行一次任务的成本约为4.5亿美元,虽然听起来远比SpaceX的发射费用1.33亿美元高不少, you have to remember the Space Shuttle was a beast of a ...
Space Shuttle To Cost $317M More
NASA began developing the Space Launch System (SLS) in earnest when the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. This super-heavy-lift rocket will be key to NASA's return to the moon, but the escalating costs have some inside and outside the agency concerned. The Government Accountability Office...
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) is scheduled to retire in 2010, and the transition and retirement of its facilities and assets will be an immense undertaki... USGA Office - 《Government Accountability Office Reports》 被引量: 2发表: 2008年 NASA: Compliance with Cost Limits: GAO-05-492R Se...
After the rapid aerospace advancements of the 1950s and ’60s, the Space Shuttle program marked the start of a new, more sustainable phase of space exploration. Launched in 1972, NASA’s fifth human spaceflight initiative envisioned a cost-effective regimen of otherworldly scientific experimentation ...
NASA is a government-owned and -funded organization and subject to budgetary adjustments and changes, such as when budget cuts forced the cancellation of the Space Shuttle program. SpaceX is a private, for-profit entity and thus is motivated to control expenses. It seeks both government and pri...
In its nearly 30-year history, the space shuttle program has seen exhilarating highs and devastating lows. The fleet has taken astronauts on dozens of successful missions, resulting in immeasurable scientific gains. But this success has had a serious cost. In 1986, the Challenger exploded duri...
1.5 Space Shuttle Program The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Manager documents and controls program requirements in Volumes I–XVIII of NSTS 07700, “Program Definition and Requirements Document” [6]. This document is supported by more than 225 subordinate NSTS documents, more than 400 applicable do...
For the Shuttle, every additional degree in inclination cost 625 pounds in useful payload. 14. Eberst, Neirinck and Karcher were other satellite spotters. 15. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has its headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado. 16...