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... and $250,000. The trip to the low Earth orbit will probably be much more expensive for a long time. Although there are many people trying to get the price down ... '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - COSTS

Yes, it's very expensive to live in space right now. This is likely to continue for quite some time. ---- ... '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - COSTS

... that was a major event when that computer was installed. By then we had the category of computer specialist, and I was appointed as senior computer specialist. That is not head ... supporting another, so you could switch over if that became necessary. But that, again, added expense. '''Bergen:''' So did you feel confident going into each mission, you and your colleagues, that ...

... my teeth. The situation in Britain then was, you know, gas was very, very expensive, cars were expensive. If you could run a car, you had to maintain it yourself, do everything ... , it was scrapped. Every slightest malfunction was traced with a big sheaf of paperwork, tremendously expensive and yet it worked. The system did turn out to be reliable enough to do ... the program today, and I guess we'll call it a wrap. End of interview Category:NASA Oral History Interview

... Regional Navigational Satellite (IRNS) System and the future European Galileo system, represent another major category of satellite applications that has quickly become part of our modern lives. The ability ... and petroleum sources; (b) new space technologies and new materials for huge, not too expensive, and light-weight lenses; (c) improved solar cell technologies that achieve higher efficiency and ...

... cost was not that important. So Apollo was a fairly expensive program, as was Gemini and Mercury, relatively. But Apollo was an expensive program, because the crew’s safety was the paramount ... for you. '''Fielder:''' Sure. '''Butler:''' Thank you for talking with us today. End of Interview Category: NASA Oral History Interview

... result, the people started to have this feeling ingrained in them that nothing was too expensive, so to speak. Thrift was not an issue, and they became very unthrift and very ... on. I was fortunate. I had military service time. This put me in a different category than many of the scientists. Many of the scientists that were hired were not at ... . '''Butler:''' Oh, well, I’m glad we could do it. Thank you. End of Interview Category:NASA Oral History Interview

... of interesting, unique things for the Air Force that may or may not have been expensive, but helped them achieve their goal. There's two things I didn't like about ... -entry re-use vehicle, people will criticize, it takes too long to turn around, too expensive. It may be true, but it's a marvelous vehicle, when you think about it ... like to thank you again for taking out the time this afternoon. End of interview Category:NASA Oral History Interview

... would get the money. I would write checks for their travel expenses. When they got here, they'd do travel expenses, and every month I'd pay them their monthly stipend. Then ... to say in conclusion, anything we forgot to talk about? '''Chilton:''' No. End of interview Category:NASA Oral History Interview

... component parts, pre-launch testing, reliability and functionality. There are essentially three generic categories of small satellites that are useful to consider and analyze. These are three ... to the design, manufacturing, testing, deployment, and operational implementation of spacecraft were quite expensive. Spacecraft manufacture involved a considerable amount of time, involved a large number of ...

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