[Rain-maker]

    Rest in peace for the crew of STS-107

 

Time to start implementing a new space delivery system other than the shuttle which is coined in NASA as the "Flying Brick".

Phase out the old and bring in the new. 

 

                                                          http://www.spaceislandgroup.com/shuttleII.html

 

Shuttle II Cost Estimates

 

• Engineering of 2nd Generation Shuttle: $4 billion
  
• Development Time: 3 years
  
• Production Cost of 2 Second Generation Shuttle Prototypes: $600 million each.
  
• Target Commercial Selling Price of 25-50 vehicles: $400 million each
  
• Target Launch Cost of Second Generation Shuttles (excluding ET/ACC and liquid booster tank costs): $10 million
  

[Zavien Doombringer]

Time to start implementing a new space delivery system other than the shuttle which is coined in NASA as the "Flying Brick".


I thought that term was coined for the F-4 Phantom II