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"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.

143 - I repeat ""In what?" "

The space procurement/logistics is very different animal than E&C or manufacturing. There often are only requirements for one or two of the items in the whole world.

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

And the numbers are real. Sorry - the exception is the rule in the space business. I spent enough time in both to know.

Multi-billion$ petro-chem/construction projects are quite different than multi-billion$ space projects. I have worked both. Principles are the same, but reality is different.

How about getting me a new Model-T Ford. How much will it cost mr Logistics man? I only want one, but I want it to be brand new and meet Henry Ford's original specifictions. I believe the original price was about $500.