Bush's space plan

> From: Al Globus [mailto:aglobus@...]

> This is a good thing (I think). If they had gone to Mir the
> experience
> would have been quite different. Mir was a great project, but by the
> time Tito went up it was old, smelly, cluttered, and probably
> not that
> much fun. ISS was nice and new, shinny, and Dennis had a
> great trip.
> This was also important.

I can't help but wonder how difficult it would be to put another Mir up there. Surely it would be reasonably profitable.
Mir cost: $80M
Launch cost (proton): $120M

Soyuz cost (manned): $40M
Ticket cost: $5M

With two passengers and one pilot, launch costs could be recooped after twenty launches. Now all you need is a few dozen rich nuts who want to go up and a bigger nut to pay for the whole thing.

ANTIcarrot.