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Quoteleans onCouldn't resist the pun, eh?
Are there any spare arms and related hardware from ML-1's construction left over that could be added to ML-2?
During a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.
Oh dear …https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1526555915251499008QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/17/2022 01:33 pmOh dear …https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1526555915251499008QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.There is no way ULA or SpaceX have paid that for their towers or launchers. Is this the Million Dollar Toilets? Hopefully the subcommittee tares them a new one.
Criminal. The world’s tallest skyscraper — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a luxury residential building in one of the most expensive cities in the world — came in around $1.5 billion.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/17/2022 01:33 pmOh dear …*snip tweet*QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.Criminal. The world’s tallest skyscraper — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a luxury residential building in one of the most expensive cities in the world — came in around $1.5 billion.
Oh dear …*snip tweet*QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.
Quote from: VSECOTSPE on 05/17/2022 03:05 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/17/2022 01:33 pmOh dear …*snip tweet*QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.Criminal. The world’s tallest skyscraper — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a luxury residential building in one of the most expensive cities in the world — came in around $1.5 billion.As an interesting contrast, the new One World Trade Center skyscraper in New York cost $3.9 billion. It was designed by the same architectural firm that did the Burj Khalifa.
Got to wonder how much a tower of pre-build blocks like the ones assembled be SpaceX will cost. Maybe SpaceX could just build a proper launch tower for the SLS after they are finish with the Starship pad at LC-39A.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 05/17/2022 10:25 pmGot to wonder how much a tower of pre-build blocks like the ones assembled be SpaceX will cost. Maybe SpaceX could just build a proper launch tower for the SLS after they are finish with the Starship pad at LC-39A. SpaceX seems to have had a not-so-great experience lining up contractors for the NSSL-2 mobile service tower at 39A. I wonder what's going on with that, and if the Jacobs/Bechtel gravy train has distorted the expectations for Space Coast contractors bidding on the work.
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 05/17/2022 03:47 pmQuote from: VSECOTSPE on 05/17/2022 03:05 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/17/2022 01:33 pmOh dear …*snip tweet*QuoteDuring a budget hearing, CJS subcommittee chair Matt Cartwright references a forthcoming Inspector General report on NASA's Mobile Launcher-2. I've heard the report is a devastating, finding that the second tower will cost about $1 billion; that Bechtel is wildly underperforming.Criminal. The world’s tallest skyscraper — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a luxury residential building in one of the most expensive cities in the world — came in around $1.5 billion.As an interesting contrast, the new One World Trade Center skyscraper in New York cost $3.9 billion. It was designed by the same architectural firm that did the Burj Khalifa. The only reason OWTC was that expensive excluding change requests was for the costly preconstruction R&D for the steel pillar, beam and overall structural skeleton design, a first for such a large scale implementation. If they ever build the second tower it is forecast to cost substantially less before dollar adjustments because the R&D work is already done and is just a copy of the first with slight differences.
