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Topic: Contract cost for Apollo A7L lunar spacesuits
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Jim_Voce
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Registered: Jul 2016
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posted 07-20-2018 06:40 AM
   
How much did it cost to make one of the Apollo A7L suits? The suits of course were part of a large contract purchase, so isolating an individual price may be difficult. I have heard estimates of up to $2 million per suit. But I have also heard other numbers ($1.5 million). And the price presumably is just for the suit itself (without helmet or gloves). And also, was the command module pilot version of the suit cheaper? It would be interesting to know the price difference between that suit and the lunar EVA version. Also, I wonder how much of a price difference there was between the A7L and the A7LB. |
oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 07-20-2018 09:06 AM
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Originally posted by Jim_Voce:
I have heard estimates of up to $2 million per suit. But I have also heard other numbers ($1.5 million). And the price presumably is just for the suit itself (without helmet or gloves).
Can you provide the source of these estimates? It would be interesting to know where these figures come from. This Smithsonianmag.com article gives a much lower cost.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/neil-armstrongs-spacesuit-was-made-by-a-bra-manufacturer-3652414/ |
oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 07-20-2018 09:21 AM
Additional information from shows
"1964 April 1 - Contract for 27 prototype Apollo space suits - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: A7L. MSC negotiated a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, valued at $1.65 million, with Hamilton Standard for 27 prototype Apollo space suits and 12 pairs of gloves.. Source: http://www.astronautix.com/a/a7l.html
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