Why are launch costs so high?

p — 7/23/2003 5:28:00 PM (archived)

Interesting essay analyzing several supposed reasons.

It's NOT the physics.
It's the 'politics' and the NASA big govt mentality.

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Why are launch costs so high? - p - 7/23/2003 5:28:00 PM
- re: Why are launch costs so high? - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2003 5:17:02 AM
  - re: Why are launch costs so high? - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 8:25:04 AM
    - Clarification: - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2003 9:36:37 PM
      - re: MiG fighter jets can launch suborbital or orbital rockets - Success_Machine - 7/25/2003 3:52:14 AM
      - re: Clarification: - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 10:05:03 PM
- Short answer: Nixon's decisions - E.P. Grondine - 7/23/2003 9:43:02 PM
- re: Why are launch costs so high? - Robert - 7/23/2003 7:59:45 PM
  - "lack of direction" and "advanced technology development" - phil - 7/23/2003 9:04:35 PM
    - re: "lack of direction" and "advanced technology development" - Robert - 7/24/2003 2:44:01 AM
      - re: "lack of direction" and "advanced technology development" - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 4:15:46 AM
        
        re: "lack of direction" and "advanced technology development" - Robert - 7/24/2003 3:47:25 PM
        
        re: "lack of direction" and "advanced technology development" - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 6:50:12 PM
        
        Water on the brain? - Robert - 7/24/2003 9:07:37 PM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 10:36:43 PM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - Robert - 7/25/2003 1:00:55 AM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - gbaikie - 7/25/2003 3:07:40 AM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - Roberty - 7/25/2003 4:59:50 PM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - gbaikie - 7/25/2003 7:02:30 PM
        
        not so much water on the brain? - Nick Hoffman - 7/27/2003 10:55:35 AM
        
        re: not so much water on the brain? - gbaikie - 7/27/2003 2:05:40 PM
        
        re: Water on the brain? - gbaikie - 7/25/2003 7:37:57 PM
- re: Costs - Raoul - 7/23/2003 7:12:00 PM
  - re: Costs - gbaikie - 7/23/2003 8:54:50 PM
    - re: re:Cunnigham - Raoul - 7/23/2003 9:33:05 PM
      - re: Many independent companies have succeeded (even during Apollo). n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 7/25/2003 3:48:21 PM
      - re: re:Cunnigham - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 1:54:26 AM
        
        re: NASA's money - Raoul - 7/24/2003 5:54:24 AM
        
        re: NASA's money - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 7:18:14 AM

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