Survey of cost models for space telescopes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Stahl, H Philip ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost model; parametric cost model; space telescope cost model

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING RELATIONSHIPS; COST MODELS; GROUND BASED; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PARAMETRIC COST MODEL; PRIMARY MIRRORS; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS;

COSTS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INVESTMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SURVEYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955190097     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3430603     Document Type: Article

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