Single-variable parametric cost models for space telescopes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Philip Stahl, H ^a   Stephens, Kyle ^b   Henrichs, Todd ^c   Smart, Christian ^d   Prince, Frank A ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sensors and C3 Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost model; Parametric cost model; Space telescope cost model

Indexed keywords

APERTURE DIAMETER; COST ESTIMATING RELATIONSHIPS; COST MODELS; OPTICAL TELESCOPE ASSEMBLIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PRIMARY MIRRORS; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; VARIABLE COSTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INVESTMENTS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

COSTS;

EID: 77955193049     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3456582     Document Type: Article

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