Actual Costs for the Space Station

Cujo writes "This article in space.com discusses what the actual costs of the space station have been since it was first proposed by President Reagan in 1984. Depending on how you account for the cost of shuttle launches, the number is well over $40 billion in the U.S. alone. It begs the question of what else could have been done with the same money and far superior management."

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4 words for DOJ's use of $40 billion...

[Anonymous Custard]

1. hostile
2. takeover
3. of
4. microsoft

That'd end a lot of lawsuits, wouldn't it?

Re:you could ...

[Mikeytsi]

Like the "War on Terror" and our involvment in Iraq have ANYTHING to do with preserving freedom, liberty, and or capitalism. The war on terror makes good copy to scare people out of questioning the goverment's activities. Our involvement in Iraq is a way to try to improve the presidential approval rating, and to prevent Iraq from doing anything that may affect our oil prices.