Cost Is Driving NASA's Decisions on Exploration Architecture
Credit: NASA/STENNIS SPACE CENTER
NASA's early plans to use a cost-saving "shuttle-derived" philosophy for the return to the Moon envisioned by President Bush are dropping by the wayside as closer analysis suggests other approaches may be cheaper still. Cost--and not its shuttle-derived first stage--will determine where the new Crew...
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