The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) performed the Space Transportation Architecture Study (STAS) to provide information to support end-of-the-decade decisions on possible near-term US Government (USG) investments in space transportation. To gain a clearer understanding of the costs and benefits of the broadest range of possible space transportation options, six teams, five from aerospace industry companies and on internal to NASA, were asked to answer three primary questions: (1) if the Space Shuttle system should be replaced; (2) if so, when the replacement should take place and how the transition should be implemented; and (3) if not, what is the upgrade strategy to continue safe and affordable flight of the Space Shuttle beyond 2010. The overall goal of the study was 'to develop investment options to be considered by the Administration for the President's FY2001 budget to meet NASA's future human space flight requirements with significant reductions in costs'. This emphasis on participation by commercial firms, required an unprecedented level of economic analysis of costs and benefits from both industry and government viewpoints. This paper will discuss the economic and market models developed by the in-house NASA Team to analyze space transportation architectures, the results of those analyses, and how those results were reflected in the conclusions and recommendations of the STAS NASA Team.
Economic Analysis on the Space Transportation Architecture Study (STAS) NASA Team
1999
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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