Re:Mortgage that Starship!!

>So, the bottom line is Cr. 49,272.30 for fuel, Cr. 4,900 for Life Support,
>8,850 in salaries, and Cr. 1,200 in berthing fees, which works out to a
>total of Cr. 64,222.30.  Out of Cr. 77,503.08, we are left with Cr. 13,280.78
>for quarterly profit, or Cr. 53,123.12 per year.

Oops!  I left out the annual maintenance fee!  That was calculated as...

>The annual maintenance fee cannot be avoided, if the ship is to keep flying.
>This amounts to 0.1% of the cash price of the ship annually (Cr. 20,535,
>in this case), which works out to Cr. 5,133.75 per quarter.

So, the actual total is Cr. 69,356.05.  This leaves (77,503.08 - 69,356.05)
or Cr. 8,147.03 net profit per quarter.

But, wait!  Perhaps I'm too generous with the annual maintenance fee.
Afterall, as a car gets older, it's maintenance costs go up, not down.
Why not assume the same for a starship?  Lets just use the original price
as a calculation base, instead of half the original price.  This would
double the amount shown above (Cr. 10,267.50, instead of Cr. 5,133.75),
so by subtracting the second half (Cr. 5,133.75) for the net, we get
an actual net profit of Cr. 3,013.28 per quarter.  Again, before taxes.
I don't know about you, but Cr. 1,004.43 per month sounds kinda' slim
to me.

Later,

        Mark F. Cook

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