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What is the cost of a space shuttle?
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, the orbiter built to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, cost approximately $1.7 billion.
What is the cost to build a space shuttle?
4$+4RS
How much does it cost to launch a Canadian space shuttle?
Canada does not have a space shuttle, making the question moot.
How much does the fuel on a space shuttle cost?
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What does it cost to send the space shuttle to the space station?
$jamin.50 (>^.(>O.O)>
What is the cost of a space shuttle?
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, the orbiter built to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, cost approximately $1.7 billion.
What is the cost to build a space shuttle?
4$+4RS
How much does it cost for a space shuttle flight?
The average cost of a space shuttle mission is $450 million
Who made space shuttle challenger and when?
Rockwell International was contracted to build the Space Shuttle orbiters. Even though it was Rockwell doing a lot of the contruction, hundreds of other companies around the country build different parts and sub-systems of the Space Shuttles. Space Shuttle Challenger in particular began its life as a structural test article (STA) designed for structural testing and quallification tests before an actual space shuttle was tested. The test article was designated STA-099 and construction went from 1975 to 1978. STA-099 was originally never intended for flight. The test article underwent 11 months of rigorous testing in a 43 ton steel rig to simulate the conditions of launch, ascent, on-orbit operations, reentry, and landing. Construction of the first Space Shuttle (Enterprise, designated OV-101) began in 1974 and was completed in 1976. Enterprise was built primarily for landing tests and was also never intended to fly into space. Construction of the first operational space shuttle (Columbia, OV-102) began in 1975 and was completed in 1979. When NASA was ready for a 2nd operational space shuttle, they were originally planning to refit Enterprise. However NASA managers decided that it would be more cost effective to refit STA-099 into an operational space shuttle instead. In 1979 STA-099 was sent back to the plant to be converted into an operational vehicle (OV-099). In 1982, it was finally completed. The result was the Space Shuttle Challenger.
How much does it cost to launch a Canadian space shuttle?
Canada does not have a space shuttle, making the question moot.
How much does the fuel on a space shuttle cost?
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What was built to be reusable and cost efficient?
The space shuttle.
What does it cost to send the space shuttle to the space station?
$jamin.50 (>^.(>O.O)>
How expensive is it to build a space shuttle?
It's difficult to put a figure on one shuttle build, as all five of the U.S. shuttles were all built as part of one shuttle program. The total budget for this program is around 175 billion US dollars to date. The average cost of a lauch is around 1.3 billion.
What economic impact did the challenger disaster have?
The Challenger disaster certainly did lead to a harsh economic impact. An average space shuttle launch costs about $450 million. Because STS-51L (Challenger's final mission) was a failure, the money spent preparing the mission was lost. As a result of the disaster, in 1987 the United States Congress authorized the construction of a new space shuttle to replace Challenger. Rockwell International was contracted to build the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Although Endeavour was built using structural spares and some spare parts, its construction still cost about $1.7 billion. The primary objective of STS-51L was to deploy the TDRS-B (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) communication satellite for use by NASA. The satellite cost NASA about a quarter of a billion dollars. TDRS-B was later replaced by TDRS-G on STS-70 in 1995. Another big impact from the Challenger disaster was the cost of the investigation into the accident, correcting problems that lead to the accident, improving Space Shuttle safety, and replacing lost equipment. In 1986, NASA estimated these as costing $240.5 million in 1986 and $245 million in 1987. However the actual costs were larger. There are many other NASA projects and economic factors that were impacted by the Challenger disaster. For instance, NASA's part-time astronaut program and the Air Force's Vandenberg AFB launches were canceled. Calculating the total economic impact of the Challenger disaster is probably impossible.
Why do you need the space shuttle?
Obviously we don't. The idea behind the Shuttle was to be a cost effective, reusable transport.
How much would an O-ring for the space shuttle Challenger have cost?
I am not too sure but I did read that they were 37 feet long which surprised me but I didnt understand they went all the way around the Solid Rocket Boosters at the joint
