Maybe I missed it in the article, but is the Atlas V launch price covered, and possibly compared with those "back slapping twitter tweeters"?
1.Yes, I have some of the same questions. Do we have integrated launch costs. broken out for CST 100 and Dream Chaser using the Atlas V? 2.And when we do move to the integrated launch services part of COTS, what will be the difference of what ULA will charge Boeing as opposed to SNC and therefore what will be the integrated costs to NASA for these 2 launch services as opposed to the Falcon 9/ Dragon costs? 3. Also, what of a domestic engine program to replace the RD-180? How will those costs be factored in for future pricing?
Quote from: rcoppola on 11/25/2011 08:16 pm3. Also, what of a domestic engine program to replace the RD-180? ...3. There isn't one.
3. Also, what of a domestic engine program to replace the RD-180? ...
Well, the point I wanted to start to raise with the Delta IV comment is that all of the Commercial Crew vehicles are putting all their eggs in one proverbial basket...a basket with a Russian engine. What if some political catastrophe limits the number of RD-180 engines available? If someone knows something I don't, please correct me, but it just seems to me that Atlas V is something the Russians can take away from us. They can't take Delta IV away.
If someone knows something I don't, please correct me, but it just seems to me that Atlas V is something the Russians can take away from us. They can't take Delta IV away.
Well, the point I wanted to start to raise with the Delta IV comment is that all of the Commercial Crew vehicles are putting all their eggs in one proverbial basket.