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Old February 11th 10, 04:45 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default COTS-CRS price-per-ton-to-ISS is OVER FOUR TIMES HIGHER thanShuttle

On Feb 11, 9:57*am, gaetanomarano wrote:
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Shuttle: launch cost $600M, payload 24 tons max (+7 astronauts) = $25M
per ton to ISS
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Falcon/Dragon: COTS+CRS funds to SpaceX $2.1 Bn / 20 tons (and ZERO
astronauts) = $105M per ton to the ISS
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so, the "cheap" Falcon/Dragon price-per-ton-to-ISS is OVER FOUR TIMES
HIGHER than the "expensive" Shuttle!!!
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also, send seven astronauts with a Soyuz (instead of a Shuttle) will
cost $51M per seat x 7 = $357M
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Interesting numbers.
Looked to see if there is a comparison with the Progress, ATV, HTV,
Cygnus, ....can find the payloads but not the cost per delivery , just
looked for un-manned costs.