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February 11th 10, 03:57 PM
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COTS-CRS price-per-ton-to-ISS is OVER FOUR TIMES HIGHER thanShuttle
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Shuttle: launch cost $600M, payload 24 tons max (+7 astronauts) = $25M per ton to ISS --- Falcon/Dragon: COTS+CRS funds to SpaceX $2.1 Bn / 20 tons (and ZERO astronauts) = $105M per ton to the ISS --- so, the "cheap" Falcon/Dragon price-per-ton-to-ISS is OVER FOUR TIMES HIGHER than the "expensive" Shuttle!!! --- also, send seven astronauts with a Soyuz (instead of a Shuttle) will cost $51M per seat x 7 = $357M --- 
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