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Fred J. McCall · February 10th 06, 09:29 PM posted to sci.space.moderated,sci.space.policy

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:10:48 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Fred J.
:McCall" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
:in such a way as to indicate that:
:
::I think O'Keefe is doing a decent enough job. I like killing the OSP
::and moving towards a CEV. That will make manned flight a lot cheaper
::for the US, which is huge.
::
::There's no reason to believe that CEV will reduce the cost of manned
::spaceflight.
:
:When compared to Shuttle, a hideously expensive system?
:
:Yes, even when compared to Shuttle.

Got numbers for cost to orbit?

:I think there
:is every reason to believe that CEV will somewhat reduce the cost of
:manned spaceflight.
:
:"Every reason"? There is, as I said, *no* reason.

I know you did. I disagree with you.

: I don't think it will reduce it *enough*, but I
:think it's pretty obvious that it will reduce it when compared to the
:most expensive way to get to space that currently exists.
:
:Nope. Run the numbers, including development costs, and count the
:flights, and crew trips, for the money.

Do I get to include development costs for the Shuttle on its side of
the ledger?

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