dms@MIT-HERMES.ARPA (David M. Siegel) (02/11/86)
For sake of comparison, the price of a B1 bomber is around 1 billion, and the plan is to build 100 of them. How about building 90 B1 bombers and 5 more shuttles?
desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins) (02/12/86)
In article <8602111608.AA14971@hermes> dms@MIT-HERMES.ARPA (David M. Siegel) writes: >For sake of comparison, the price of a B1 bomber is around 1 billion, >and the plan is to build 100 of them. How about building 90 B1 >bombers and 5 more shuttles? I am getting really sick of people posting numbers to the net which are off by orders of magnitude. The estimated cost of each B-1 is more like $100 million. Please, the next person who decides to post a letter saying "we could build a new shuttle for the cost of ...," get your numbers right. Thanks. -- David desJardins
weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (02/12/86)
In article <11815@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> desj@brahms.UUCP (David desJardins) writes: >In article <8602111608.AA14971@hermes> dms@MIT-HERMES.ARPA (David M. Siegel) >writes: >>For sake of comparison, the price of a B1 bomber is around 1 billion, >>and the plan is to build 100 of them. How about building 90 B1 >>bombers and 5 more shuttles? > > I am getting really sick of people posting numbers to the net which >are off by orders of magnitude. The estimated cost of each B-1 is more >like $100 million. Yes, but what is the *actual* cost? Much more than $100 million, I'm sure! ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
earle@smeagol.UUCP (Greg Earle) (02/13/86)
In article <8602111608.AA14971@hermes>, dms (David M. Siegel) writes: > For sake of comparison, the price of a B1 bomber is around 1 billion, > and the plan is to build 100 of them. How about building 90 B1 > bombers and 5 more shuttles? How about the reverse? (5 B1's, 46 Shuttles, and use the last $3 billion to feed the Ethiopians and make Andrew J Fine [Ref: <932@nmtvax.UUCP>] happy? :@) #ifdef FLAME These "shuttle not profitable/economical/practical" arguments are making me ill. I don't hear any "DoD not profitable" noises ... #endif FLAME Anybody see the article "Shuttle Hopes: Majestic but Also Mistaken", by Gregg Easterbrook of Atlantic Monthly? (Printed in L.A. Times 2/2/86) This is the kind of stuff we're up against. Disclaimer: The views in this article are not to be construed as the official viewpoint of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or any employees thereof [Although I could find plenty that agree with me :@)] -- Greg Earle JPL Spacecraft Data Systems group sdcrdcf!smeagol!earle (UUCP) ia-sun2!smeagol!earle@csvax.caltech.edu (ARPA)
phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (02/17/86)
In article <11815@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> desj@brahms.UUCP writes: >In article <8602111608.AA14971@hermes> dms@MIT-HERMES.ARPA writes: >>For sake of comparison, the price of a B1 bomber is around 1 billion, >>and the plan is to build 100 of them. How about building 90 B1 >>bombers and 5 more shuttles? > > I am getting really sick of people posting numbers to the net which >are off by orders of magnitude. The estimated cost of each B-1 is more >like $100 million. You're both wrong. 34 B-1B bombers were purchased in 1985 for a cost of $208.8 million each, according to "America's War Machine" by Tom Gervasi. Have you been talking to REM or something? -- Real men don't have answering machines. Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com