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Pricing of NASA Space Shuttle transportation system cargoA two-part pricing policy is investigated as the most feasible method of pricing the transportation services to be provided by NASA's SSTS. Engineering cost estimates and a deterministic operating cost model generate a data base and develop a procedure for pricing the services of the SSTS. It is expected that the SSTS will have a monopoly on space material processing in areas of crystal growth, glass processing, metallurgical space applications, and biomedical processes using electrophoresis which will require efficient pricing. Pricing problems, the SSTS operating costs based on orbit elevation, number of launch sites, and number of flights, capital costs of the SSTS, research and development costs, allocation of joint transportation costs of the SSTS to a particular space processing activity, and rates for the SSTS are discussed. It is concluded that joint costs for commercial cargoes carried in the SSTS can be most usefully handled by making cost allocations based on proportionate capacity utilization.
Document ID
19790066191
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hale, C. W.
(Florida State University Tallahassee, Fla., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Engineering Economist
Volume: 24
Subject Category
Economics And Cost Analysis
Accession Number
79A50204
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-29881
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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