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From: mvk@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from June 11 AW&ST
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Date: 25 Jul 90 19:08:17 GMT
References: <1990Jul23.045611.8147@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Jul24.183248.16311@cbnewsh.att.com>
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In article <1990Jul24.183248.16311@cbnewsh.att.com> maw@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.a.weinstein) writes:
>From article <1990Jul23.045611.8147@zoo.toronto.edu>, by henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer):
>> 
>> Total Voyager pricetag so far, including launches, is $865M.  Another $30M
>> has been budgeted, so far, for post-Neptune monitoring and control.
>> 
>About the price for a single B2 bomber (this is so mind boggling that I 
>had to run to the library to verify it).  Wouldn't it be great to trade 
>a bomber for a top notch space probe like Voyager?  Maybe someday we'll
>get our priorities straight.
>
Actually, about the cost of 3 B2's.

Mike                                                   mvk@pawl.rpi.edu