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From: waynekn@tekig5.UUCP (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: scuttle the shuttle?
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 01:21:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 01:21:00 1986
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> In article <8602070221.AA08568@s1-b.arpa>, dietz@SLB-DOLL.CSNET (Paul Dietz) writes:
> > 
> > NY Times reports $2000 to $2500/lb.  Where do your figures come from ...
> 
> Shuttle pricing has been set at about $73 million/launch by the administration.
> Maximum payload is supposed to be 65,000 pounds but I don't think 
> that's a practical figure for a while yet.  Thus, $1500/lb is a rough,
> conservative figure for what real customers will really have to pay.  Cost
> is MUCH lower for get away specials - I think its $10,000 for 40 lbs.
> but I don't have the data in front of me.
> 

Sounds like NASA could make some real money by giving people rides on the
shuttle.  Just charge them about $7000/lb..  I bet there would be plenty of
takers.  Some people would get a real kick out of the training and the ride,
they may even condsider the cost cheap.  Heck, I bet there are a lot of
millionairs just living around the bay area to keep NASA busy until the
year 2000.   Of coarse there would have to be some kind of legel protection
for NASA in case something went wrong.  But for a little risk and only a
couple of million bucks, what a ride.

                       Wayne Knapp

  hmmmm, lets see if I start saving now ...