top | item 41583382 (no title) wakaru44 | 1 year ago > There are other indices if you want to compare historical prices relevant to moon programsCould you please expand or give a few pointers on those indices? Or where could I learn more about this. discuss order hn newest killingtime74|1 year ago If there's a budget available analysing that and what the biggest costs would yield the most accurate estimates.Could be more but the biggest cost is probably labour and there are 2 indexes for that:https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htmhttps://www.bls.gov/productivity/Wages can be drilled down to the employee groups that would be predominant, such as machinists or engineers.Productivity can approximate how much more efficient people are now due to technology.Then major component costs can be compared from other current rockets vs historical costs.
killingtime74|1 year ago If there's a budget available analysing that and what the biggest costs would yield the most accurate estimates.Could be more but the biggest cost is probably labour and there are 2 indexes for that:https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htmhttps://www.bls.gov/productivity/Wages can be drilled down to the employee groups that would be predominant, such as machinists or engineers.Productivity can approximate how much more efficient people are now due to technology.Then major component costs can be compared from other current rockets vs historical costs.
killingtime74|1 year ago
Could be more but the biggest cost is probably labour and there are 2 indexes for that:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
https://www.bls.gov/productivity/
Wages can be drilled down to the employee groups that would be predominant, such as machinists or engineers.
Productivity can approximate how much more efficient people are now due to technology.
Then major component costs can be compared from other current rockets vs historical costs.