Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs

Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by InclinedPlane on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @03:11PM (#3859698)

NASA did a study on this actually. Using traditional NASA procurement methods it would have cost at least $4 billion to develop the Falcon 9.

Also keep in mind that the $800 million amount is for developing the Falcon I, Falcon 9 ($390 million total) and the Dragon spacecraft (about $400 million). Even had NASA used more commercial oriented procurement methods they estimate it still would have cost at least $1.7 billion to develop.

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by edge17 on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @11:36PM (#3861280)

cool, wondering if you have a reference?

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by wolf550e on Thursday April 19, 2012 @12:02AM (#3861336)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=www.nasa.gov%2Fpdf%2F5860...

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by schiffern on Thursday April 19, 2012 @03:47AM (#3861858)

Direct link: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf

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