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DarkenedOne
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Tell me how is it that NASA with over 7 times the budget as well as the most advanced space tech now has to rely on the Russian space agency to get us to the space station that we have sunk $100 billion into already.
NASA was able to buy 15 seats to the space station with 5 tones of supplies for $719 million. The Soyuz spacecraft cost about $65 million.
The space shuttle on the other hand has a launch cost with development included of $1.3 billion. The Ares I would cost an expected $50 billion to develop and have a launch cost estimated to be around $1 billion.
Honestly how much would it cost and how long would it take for NASA to take the technology that we have had for decades and just build a cost-effective, reliable launcher that can at least keep the space station running. I am willing such a system would be on the order of about a billion.
It is like it is all or nothing. We cannot just build a vehicle that we know will be cheap and reliable based on proven technology.
NASA was able to buy 15 seats to the space station with 5 tones of supplies for $719 million. The Soyuz spacecraft cost about $65 million.
The space shuttle on the other hand has a launch cost with development included of $1.3 billion. The Ares I would cost an expected $50 billion to develop and have a launch cost estimated to be around $1 billion.
Honestly how much would it cost and how long would it take for NASA to take the technology that we have had for decades and just build a cost-effective, reliable launcher that can at least keep the space station running. I am willing such a system would be on the order of about a billion.
It is like it is all or nothing. We cannot just build a vehicle that we know will be cheap and reliable based on proven technology.