A basic model is presented for estimating the cost of unmanned lunar and planetary programs. Cost data were collected and analyzed for eight lunar and planetary programs. Total cost was separated into the following components: labor, overhead, materials, and technical support. The study determined that direct labor cost of unmanned lunar and planetary programs comprises 30 percent of the total program cost. Twelve program categories were defined for modeling: six spacecraft subsystem categories (science, structure, propulsion, electrical power, communications, and guidance and integration, test and quality assurance, launch and flight operations, ground equipment, systems analysis and engineering, and program management). An analysis showed that on a percentage basis, direct labor cost and direct labor manhours compare on a one-to-one ratio. Therefore, direct labor hours is used as the parameter for predicting cost, with the advantage of eliminating the effect of inflation on the analysis. (Author)


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    Title :

    Cost Estimation for Unmanned Lunar and Planetary Programs


    Contributors:
    J. H. Dunkin (author) / P. R. Pekar (author) / D. J. Spadoni (author) / C. A. Stone (author)

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    115 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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