Shuttle unit cost

Someone was asking this earlier, and I replied, but can't seem to find
it anywhere. Anyway...

Jenkins, third edition, pp246-7 discusses the debate on procuring a
fifth Orbiter (what would become Endeavour; this was back in the
seventies).

A price of $1,177 million (FY1978) is quoted for two additional orbiters
(#s 4 & 5); this is about $1.6-1.7 billion in current dollars per
orbiter.

(The actual cost to restart the production lines, however, would be
significantly more... those numbers were assuming the original
production run continued.)

HTH.

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(The actual cost to restart the production lines, however, would be
significantly more... those numbers were assuming the original
production run continued.)

HTH.

Several years ago I heard about 3 billion each and with safety issues it would
likely be more.

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escape?

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"Andrew Gray" A price of $1,177 million (FY1978) is quoted for two
additional orbiters
(#s 4 & 5); this is about $1.6-1.7 billion in current dollars per
orbiter.

You'rr in the ballpark. I seem to recall the originals cost a billion and
the Endeavor came in at about $2B.

Haller of Dim
building more shuttles and not including launch boost
escape?

Current plans include hydrofoil pontoons to skip across the atmosphere.

Kent Betts wrote:

"Andrew Gray" A price of $1,177 million (FY1978) is quoted for two
additional orbiters
(#s 4 & 5); this is about $1.6-1.7 billion in current dollars per
orbiter.

You'rr in the ballpark. I seem to recall the originals cost a billion and
the Endeavor came in at about $2B.

Anyone else find it kind of surprising that this is pretty close to what
a stealth fighter costs.

In article , Ian Stirling wrote:

You'rr in the ballpark. I seem to recall the originals cost a billion and
the Endeavor came in at about $2B.

Anyone else find it kind of surprising that this is pretty close to what
a stealth fighter costs.

ITYM "bomber"...

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In article ,
Ian Stirling wrote:
You'rr in the ballpark. I seem to recall the originals cost a billion and
the Endeavor came in at about $2B.

Anyone else find it kind of surprising that this is pretty close to what
a stealth fighter costs.

You're confusing stealth fighters and stealth bombers. The B-2 is indeed
up in the billion-dollar category, due to extreme technology and very
small production run. Fighters, even stealth ones, cost a lot less.
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Andrew Gray wrote:
In article , Ian Stirling wrote:

You'rr in the ballpark. I seem to recall the originals cost a billion and
the Endeavor came in at about $2B.

Anyone else find it kind of surprising that this is pretty close to what
a stealth fighter costs.

ITYM "bomber"...

Probably, yes.
For some reason I have difficulty remembering the name, I think it's a
feature

Ian Stirling wrote:

Anyone else find it kind of surprising that this is pretty close to what
a stealth fighter costs.


The F-117s came in at around $45 million each; the B-2's cost is about
$750 million each. This is production cost per plane and I don't think
it includes the R&D programs that led to their production, or the
production infrastructure to build them.


Pat