Comments on: Russians raise the ticket price on a Soyuz again, from $56 to $63 million per ride https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russians-raise-the-ticket-price-on-a-soyuz-again-from-56-to-63-million-per-ride/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russians-raise-the-ticket-price-on-a-soyuz-again-from-56-to-63-million-per-ride/#comment-14920 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:19:10 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=7792#comment-14920 Actualy shuttle launches margin cost is a lot less then that, but the ULA? USA? bitto operate shuttle commercially had a total program cost per seat of about $100M.

Course NASA only wants 2 flights a year carrying 2-4 (maybe 4 someday) per flight.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russians-raise-the-ticket-price-on-a-soyuz-again-from-56-to-63-million-per-ride/#comment-14907 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:04:05 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=7792#comment-14907 If they go to 70 that would be equal to the cost of a Shuttle launch (assuming seven crewmembers) and we get the ship and the boosters back. And I’d wager that the crew would rather fly back than return as ‘spam in a can’.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russians-raise-the-ticket-price-on-a-soyuz-again-from-56-to-63-million-per-ride/#comment-14906 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:02:43 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=7792#comment-14906 If they go to 70 that would be eq the cost of a Shuttle launch (assuming seven crewmembers) and we get the ship and the boosters back.

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