Launch costs? Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Launch costs?
# 15858 byIan Woollard on Oct. 21, 2001, 5:38 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> Exactly - boosting the demand side, as long as the government was
> willing to spend a good portion of the money on competitive commercial
> services, is absolutely the best way to get lower costs. I believe
> ProSpace has been advocating this for ISS as well, rather than relying
> only on the Shuttle for heavy-lift capability to ISS. NASA doesn't want
> to hear it though.
the Proton has been used for a key component or two.