To: Poohbah
Well I don't know how to break it to you, but $15 million is the price tag for replacing the unit. Now there's a win/win. Care to guess how much money this delay will cost the good old taxpayer. I'm sure you've got the bucks to cover it.
To: DoughtyOne
Well I don't know how to break it to you, but $15 million is the price tag for replacing the unit. Now there's a win/win. Care to guess how much money this delay will cost the good old taxpayer. I'm sure you've got the bucks to cover it.Airplanes break. Sometimes they break at inconvenient moments. And Helios wouldn't have been repairable if it came down over land--something this lightweight just falls apart if one component fails.
So, no matter what, you're out $15 million.
16 posted on
06/26/2003 7:36:16 PM PDT by
Poohbah
(I must be all here, because I'm not all there!)
To: Normal4me; Larry Lucido; NormsRevenge; Luke Skyfreeper; DoughtyOne; RightWhale
For $15 million it was/is a bargain.
Flexible bendable expendable.
Prototype for others here and abroad.
Smaller versions that fly skyspy will develop, military considerations and border control a biggie.
Compare the $15 million to the cost of just one space satellite or to one military aircraft.
No loss of life.
Incredible research benefits from this flyer already.
18 posted on
06/26/2003 7:44:07 PM PDT by
autoresponder
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