Well, at the risk of being considered a "bottom line" man, here's my read on the space station fiasco. In the early 1970s, Nixon wanted the space shuttle because they thought it would be a great way to launch err, spy satellites. So, we got it. Now, we have the space station to give the shuttles someplace to go when they're not launching satellites, fixing telescopes, bore-bore-bore, etc. The science is marginal at best, contrived at worst. This would be a great area for congress and NASA to cut costs. It's an expensive albatross, if there ever was one.
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