A new record...

John Ladasky wrote:
If 8-10 engines were all
that Scaled planned to buy, how did they snooker both EAC and SpaceDev
into competing for such a tiny contract?

"I'd like to buy 8-10 engines to the following specification,
with a 4-6 engine test series for each and then downselect to
one vendor for flight units. We are considering and asking
two vendors to bid. How much do you bid?"

Jim Benson knows how to make money. You can make money selling
one of something, or eight of something, or twenty, or a thousand.
It just changes how you price it relative to the per-unit cost
and the R&D and manufacturing fab setup costs.


-george william herbert