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  • Advanced Missions - Provides ROM estimates for the development and production of spacecraft, space transportation systems, aircraft, missiles, ships and land vehicles.
  • Aircraft Turbine Engine - Estimates the development and production costs and time of arrival of aircraft turbine engines.
  • Airframe - Estimates the development and production costs of aircraft airframes that is suitable for use in a program's conceptual stage when little detailed information is available.
  • Basic COCOMO Software Model - Estimates the number of person-months required to develop software. Also estimates the development schedule in months. Based on Barry Boehm's COCOMO.
  • Cost Estimating - Estimates the cost of doing estimates for Deep Space Network (DSN) projects.
  • Spreading Calculator - Can be used to spread the budget for a program up to 8 years.
  • Expendable Launch Vehicles - International
  • Expendable Launch Vehicles -US
  • Inflation Calculators - Calculate inflation index from one year to another using the GDP Deflator or Consumer Price Index (CPI).
  • Labor and Materials - Labor and materials worksheets in Excel format.
  • Learning Curve Calculator - Uses the learning curve to estimate the unit, average, and total effort required to produce a given number of units.
  • Mission Operations - Provides ROM estimates for the mission operations of manned, unmanned and planetary spacecraft.
  • Space Operations Cost Model (SOCM) - This is an Excel-based model available for downloading. Version 1.0 covers Planetary and Earth Orbiting robotic science missions. The model estimates post-launch Mission Operations & Data Analysis (MO&DA) staffing and cost requirements and includes cost relationships for several Space Operations Management Office (SOMO) services (tracking network costs and others).
  • Spacecraft/Vehicle Level - Provides ROM estimates for the development and production of spacecraft, launch vehicle stages, engines and scientific instruments.

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  • Cost-of-Living Calculator - Computes inflation from 1913 to present based on the US CPI. This one includes major subcategories and cities.
  • Cost of Living Comparison - Compares cost of living between 399 major US metro areas.
  • Estimate Preparation Cost/Schedule Calculator - Only includes cost and time for the cost estimating function - does not include costs for the project team or engineering to develop the deliverables that define the project scope and form the project estimate basis.
  • The Inflation Calculator - Adjust for inflation, using the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to present.
  • Moving Cost Calculator - Gives you an estimate of interstate moving expense in the continental United States.
  • Parametric Cost Estimating Model for Buildings - This model is generally applicable to industrial or commercial buildings in the United States including offices, warehouses, industrial buildings, and labs.
  • RSMeans QuickCost Calculator - Select from more than 50 building types in hundreds of locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The RSMeans Construction Cost Calculator provides you with total project cost, as well as breakouts for sub-disciplines, all localized to your selected area.
  • The Salary Calculator - Use this calculator to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
  • Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.
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Disclaimer of Endorsement. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the NASA Johnson Space Center, or any of its employees or contractors. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government nor NASA Johnson Space Center, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. The United States Government does not endorse any commercial product, process, or activity identified by this web site nor through its agreements with non-government entities.