Подсчитана стоимось лунной базы

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NASA's plan to fulfill President George W. Bush's space exploration effort suggests the agency will have to spend about $64 billion over the next 15 years to send U.S. astronauts back to the moon.
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The estimate is based on National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget data compiled in an analysis completed May 10 by the Congressional Research Service. A copy of the analysis, which has been seen by only a few members of Congress, was obtained by United Press International.

NASA's figures indicate the cost of designing, building and flying the new Crew Exploration Vehicle -- the spacecraft NASA is developing to supersede its aging shuttle fleet -- to the moon would total $24 billion. A companion spacecraft that could set down on the moon's surface would cost $40 billion more.

Полный текст тут - http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spacetravel-04zf.html

[Agent]

А вот по МКС поднят вопрс и очень серьезно. Причем, особой зависимости от лунных планов не имеет.

If Congress and, ultimately, the public, decide not to support the space plan, "a reasonable case" might be made to cut the $11.6 billion anyway, according to the document. For example, NASA officials have said the only reason for continued U.S. participation in the space station is to fulfill the agency's international partnership agreements and perform only research that supports the plan. If the plan falters, the CRS document asks, are the agreements that bind NASA to the station worth the estimated $6.7 billion they will require in FY 2005? Could O'Keefe produce a new rationale for station participation in the absence of the exploration agenda?

[VK]

Так то не стоимость лунной базы, то стоимость программы возобновления полетов на Луну. Для базы маловато будет.

[Agent]

Так то не стоимость лунной базы, то стоимость программы возобновления полетов на Луну. Для базы маловато будет.

Да нет. Можно было всю статью прочитать или просто догадаться.
Если челнок стоит 24 млрд, то неужели его полет к Луне и обратоно потянет 40?

[VK]

Можно было всю статью прочитать или просто догадаться.
Если челнок стоит 24 млрд, то неужели его полет к Луне и обратно потянет 40?

Конечно, я прочитал всю статью. "A companion spacecraft that could set down on the moon's surface would cost $40 billion more."  

А про базу - ни слова.