SLS Booster and Engine Development Efforts Have Experienced Significant Cost Increases and Schedule Delays

As a result of the cost and schedule increases under these four contracts, we calculate NASA will spend $13.1 billion through 2031 on boosters and engines, which includes $8.6 billion in current expenditures and obligations and at least $4.6 billion in future contract obligations. Looking more broadly, the cost impact from these four contracts increases our projected cost of each SLS by $144 million through Artemis IV, increasing a single Artemis launch to at least $4.2 billion.

"...a single #Artemis launch at least $4.2 billion" 💰💰💰💰#NASA Office of Inspector General May 25, 2023 oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/... (page 14/20)

#LaunchCost #SLS

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#ESA would offer an incentive of up to €50 million 💰 to encourage the usage of #Ariane6 or another European 🇪🇺 launch vehicle

#LaunchCost #subsidies

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#BlueOrigin will “compete” two solutions

• make the expendable 🗑️ upper stage so cheap 💵 to manufacture that a reusable stage can never compete with it
• make the reusable ♻️ stage so operable that an expendable stage can never compete with it

There is still a lot of room with these heavy lift […]

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#BlueOrigin is charging roughly $110 million per launch, compared to about $70 million for a #Falcon9 – effectively offering to carry twice as many satellites for roughly 50% more money www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/202...

#NewGlenn […]

#NASA’s inspector general pegged #CrewDragon’s cost per seat at $55M 💵 and #Starliner’s cost per seat at $90M 💵 💵 payloadspace.com/starliner-by-the-numbers...

#LaunchCost #SpaceX #Boeing

📊 The #US 🇺🇸 spent $257 billion 💰💰💰 when adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars on Project #Apollo between 📆 1960 and 📆 1973. The total amount spent on #NASA during this period was $482 billion 💰💰💰💰💰 adjusted

www.planetary.org/space-policy...

#SaturnV #LaunchCost