Now I know how NASA felt...

[montyben101]

Im in career now and im launching a shuttle to test LOTS of stuff. However the launch cost is 65,522 funds. Not sure how much an average launch costs but I only have 70,939 funds. It should make up for the launch costs though as I have station science and the recovery strategy at 100% commitment.

Im testing the engine and the gyroscope and there are also goo cans hiding behind the science bays.

[r4pt0r]

As long as you aren't using faulty cold-war era Russian boosters, nothing should go wrong

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you aren't using faulty cold-war era Russian boosters, right?

[Melfice]

Or faulty American heat tiles?

Or faulty American attachment brackets, which would hold an SRB to the external tank?

Preferably you want to avoid anything faulty, regardless of its country of origin, really.

Edited December 21, 2014 by Melfice

[montyben101]

Yeah I don't have DRE installed So how much does your average launch cost?

[Voidryder]

My average lunch costs about $8.00 USD.

[Fiddlestyx]

What mod is that shuttle from?

[moogoob]

65 thousand isn't that bad, but it is pretty high. Based on the amount you make back if you land it correctly it may be more efficient than a disposable stack like I always use.

That said you could probably launch that payload for maybe half the cost with a stack, but you'd make back less.

[Starman4308]

Yeah I don't have DRE installed So how much does your average launch cost?

Depends on payload mass. Also on RSS installation/configuration, though that is probably irrelevant to this situation. It's hard to come up with an "average cost" when I am sometimes lofting 100kg satellites, and sometimes lofting 110-tonne interplanetary vessels.

Also, try to avoid faulty O-rings.

[Guest]

O-rings weren't faulty. There was lowest temperature they can be used, it was known, and ignored by NASA top brass.

Problems with ice buildup were known, and ignored too.

There is kind of managers, who think they above laws of physics.

[montyben101]

If it is landed right I get back the money from the expensive main engines and I could land the external tank if i added chutes

[montyben101]

I got 37,861 funds from the recovered parts alone! Thats just over HALF the total cost to launch it, not to mention the extra funds I got from the experiments. I also got 97 science from the mission too.

[NecroBones]

According to The Onion (heh), now everyone can go to Space Camp to know how NASA feels... about budget constraints. lol

http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simulate-frus,36148/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:NA:InFocus&recirc=technology

[montyben101]

Haha that's great, hopefully people will start to see what's hapepening to NASA.

[aleis]

Also don't forget your faulty conversions when combining project teams. Best really to make sure everyone uses the same math from the beginning