[XBob]

113 - "I work in Logistics and Maintenance, dude. "

In what?

It's sort of hard to get a factory to gear up for production of qty - 3ea highly specialized, obsolete parts, with no past or future demand. And then, trying to get them into the production schedule within a year or two is another problem.

So, what you end up with is a part, which originally cost 3 cents, costing $25,000 and taking 2 years to produce.

[Frank_Discussion]

"In what?"

Who doesn't know what they're talking about?

Logistics and Maintenance is an engineering duty that deals with issues of obtaining replacement parts and delivering them to the on-orbit site. Frequently we have to get newly fabricated parts from companies who did not produce the original item. That's whay you have blueprints and frabrication/construction specifications.

"So, what you end up with is a part, which originally cost 3 cents, costing $25,000 and taking 2 years to produce."

Sorry to burst your bubble, but thse mythical numbers don't happen very often. Definitely the exception, not the rule.