A Model for Projecting Costs of Space Exploration.

J. String, Jr.

Expert InsightsPublished 1965

Description of a model for determining the costs of advanced space hardware and for assessing the budgetary implications of integrated space exploration plans. The model is described in terms of its basic characteristics: a long-range planning model capable of estimating resource implications of NASA's alternative overall space plans, relating resource requirements to objectives. Its purpose is to provide, in part, a basis for making decisions on major future activities of NASA. It is designed to yield projections of the budgetary implications of space activity plans under these data base limitations and technological and operational uncertainties.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1965
  • Pages: 23
  • Document Number: P-3119

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String, J., Jr., A Model for Projecting Costs of Space Exploration. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3119.html.
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