Launch vehicle, Atlas V |
Launch vehicle, Atlas V |
Jun 3 2006, 01:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 13-March 05 Member No.: 191 |
NASA has decided to use the Atlas V, with 4 strap-on solid rocket boosters to launch MSL. This is the same rocket that launched MRO (no solids) and New Horizons (5 solids).
Cost: $194.7 million, less than half the price of the Titan IV which would have been needed a few years ago. Rocky Mountain News article NASA press release |
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Jun 4 2006, 02:13 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
I would like to learn about the what are limit of mission cost for every type of Discovery Class. I have heard that Discovery has three or four levels, I (smaller mission), II (Scout mission), III (Enterprise aka mission) or IV (Complex Enterprise mission).
Now, about the cost to launch a Atlas V for MSL which is about 200 millions dollars. I would like to know about the structure of costs. I suppose that the material cost would be cheaper about 1/3 and the support service would account at 2/3, isn't? Then, I have the impression that the material cost will drop every year with the improvement of technology, reusing material and continuity of production. But, on the service side, as the general rule, everything is growing every year. Maybe, it would be the best of the worlds is that the developed countries build technology, infrastructure support and laboratories and the less developed countries with cheaper labor cost will operate, the work that is not highly specialized such as monitoring, checking, programmed works and so on of the same style during the mission exploration. It would be ideal, as it will lower costs for any solar system exploration but hope that the business of space will be look for the best price for consumer. Rodolfo |
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