This paper develops a cost model to do long range planning cost estimates for Deep Space Network (DSN) support of future space missions. The paper focuses on the costs required to modify and/or enhance the DSN to prepare for future space missions. The model is a function of eight major mission cost drivers and estimates both the total cost and the annual costs of a similar future space mission. The model is derived from actual cost data from three space missions: Voyager (Uranus), Voyager (Neptune), and Magellan. Estimates derived from the model are tested against actual cost data for two independent missions, Viking and Mariner Jupiter/Saturn (MJS).
Estimating the Deep Space Network Modification Costs to Prepare for Future Space Missions by Using Major Cost Drivers
1993
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
"Life-Cycle Space Missions Cost Drivers"..... (A)
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