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Space station: Cost and benefitsCosts for developing, producing, operating, and supporting the initial space station, a 4 to 8 man space station, and a 4 to 24 man space station are estimated and compared. These costs include contractor hardware; space station assembly and logistics flight costs; and payload support elements. Transportation system options examined include orbiter modules; standard and extended duration STS fights; reusable spacebased perigee kick motor OTV; and upper stages. Space station service charges assessed include crew hours; energy requirements; payload support module storage; pressurized port usage; and OTV service facility. Graphs show costs for science missions, space processing research, small communication satellites; large GEO transportation; OVT launch costs; DOD payload costs, and user costs.
Document ID
19840019746
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
April 11, 1983
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
RI-33SSV133636
NAS 1.26:173718
NASA-CR-173718
SSD-83-0045
Accession Number
84N27815
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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