Space Shuttle

[G'th]

If the Space Shuttle was as cheap and reusable as it was supposed to be, what do you guys think the numbers in the eventual fleet would have looked like?

[Nibb31]

That would depend on the extent and cost of the totat redesign it would take to make it cheap and reusable. It could never have been cheap and reusable in its existing form.

[G'th]

The way I was thinking was if it had worked as it was intended to. Obviously the shuttle as it was couldn't have been modified to that original goal without extensive upfront costs.

[Bill Phil]

Probably a number that would give optimal time for turn around. Maybe 8, so each shuttle gets one flight per month. Unless two flights per month per shuttle is okay, then 4.