On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:44:09 GMT, "Dholmes"
wrote:


So it still costs $3 billion dollars plus.
Which means there is no money freed up to go to the Moon.


Only if $3 billion is budgeted to going to the Moon. However, the
program will probably cost a bit more than that.

And the article makes a good point about how a shuttle-derived booster
would use the same facilities and workforce as the shuttle: Make use
of the infrastructure and expertise already in place, as opposed to
starting over from scratch.




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