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Thread: Inflation calculators (was $8.90/lb to LEO)
# 22485 byhitssquad on Aug. 21, 2009, 9:21 p.m.
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> > Marginal cost-per-pound to 300 n.m. orbit, averaged over a 10-year program, in January 1963 dollars:
> > 240 launches, recoverable first-stage:
> > Pessimistic values: $28.60
> > Optimistic values: $8.90
> > Most probable values $16.20
> Don't forget that 1963 dollars are a lot bigger than current ones.
> What is the inflation factor from '63 to current? 5? 10?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=inflation+calculator
Incorporating that 7x inflation factor, the Sea Dragon figures become:
Pessimistic values: $200.20
Optimistic values: $62.30
Most probable values $113.40