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Wed Apr 28 09:39:26 1982
Shuttle costs
From: Paul Dietz <DIETZ USC-ECL AT>
Those shuttles costs you mentioned are heavily subsidized.  Actual costs
are going to be quite a bit higher ($100M per launch).

Also, the shuttle is booked through 87, so any launch system available
before then could find users, even if it cost more.

I suspect that costs overruns would be lower on the accelerator because it
would use less daring technology (off-the-shelf booster, no tiles).
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