The trillion dollar question: Anatomy of the vision for space exploration cost

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2005 Conference and Exposition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 303-312

  Charania, A ^a,b,c  

^a SpaceWorks Engineering Inc (SEI) ^*  (United States)

^b AIAA ^*  (South Africa)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESTIMATION; LUNAR MISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; COST ESTIMATING; NASA;

COST ESTIMATES; DESIGN APPROACHES; NATIONAL VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION; COST ESTIMATIONS; EXPLORATION SYSTEMS; VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION;

SPACE RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 29544444984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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