http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3604 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3604&cpage=1#comment-1805 Tind Shepper Ryen Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:54:42 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3604#comment-1805 With respect to the 55% comment, the trick here is that NASA is claiming this cost reduction by looking at annual expenditures. Both Apollo and this architecture's baseline are a little over $100 bn, but spread over 8 years for Apollo and 13 years for this concept. By the same token, my house becomes 50% cheaper if I just take twice as long to pay it off... With respect to the 55% comment, the trick here is that NASA is claiming this cost reduction by looking at annual expenditures. Both Apollo and this architecture’s baseline are a little over $100 bn, but spread over 8 years for Apollo and 13 years for this concept. By the same token, my house becomes 50% cheaper if I just take twice as long to pay it off…

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