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110 MILLION Gone

07/12/2015 4:53 PM

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-space-station-hearing-20150709-story.htmlspace X loss
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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/12/2015 6:56 PM

Odd. Usually these launches are actually underwritten by an insurance company governed by the FAA.

However, I think NASA self-insures and that payload may be the actual loss to taxpayers.
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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/12/2015 7:04 PM

Call me when it gets to real money such as a billion or two.

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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/12/2015 7:22 PM

Somebody's got to pay for it...the question is who.
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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/13/2015 6:45 AM

the question is who

Judging by past history....the taxpayer.

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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/12/2015 8:30 PM

Yep...

http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/1098848/Re-question

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Re: 110 MILLION gone

07/12/2015 8:46 PM

good call
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Re: 110 MILLION Gone

07/12/2015 10:20 PM

Nobody ever said space exploration was cheap....

"NASA plans to spend $22 billion more from 2016 to 2020 on space station operations, according to the Government Accountability Office. More than half of that amount will go to pay SpaceX, Orbital and other contractors to transport cargo - and soon astronauts - to the space station, the GAO said."

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Re: 110 MILLION Gone

07/13/2015 4:57 AM

You get that on the big jobs...

What's the US tax payer's loss....around 30 cents per head.

Less than a licked donut.

Lucky it was a lesson learnt on non self loading cargo.

Next one will be fine.

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