Costs of getting cargo to ISS
Article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/nasa_iss_cargo_deals/
"Overall, each kilo of cargo delivered to the station by commercial resupply will cost NASA $87,500. The Shuttle was said to carry stuff to orbit for $44,000 per kg, but that didn't include development costs."
73 Trevor M5AKA ----
About the typical cost over run in U.S. :)
Jeff WB3JFS
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor" m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 2:02 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Costs of getting cargo to ISS
Article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/nasa_iss_cargo_deals/
"Overall, each kilo of cargo delivered to the station by commercial resupply will cost NASA $87,500. The Shuttle was said to carry stuff to orbit for $44,000 per kg, but that didn't include development costs."
73 Trevor M5AKA
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How much for the eva to have it installed?.....Could think of all sorts of things to have sent at that price point if only one could arrange for installation.
AF6EP
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Trevor m5aka@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/nasa_iss_cargo_deals/
"Overall, each kilo of cargo delivered to the station by commercial resupply will cost NASA $87,500. The Shuttle was said to carry stuff to orbit for $44,000 per kg, but that didn't include development costs."
73 Trevor M5AKA
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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