Published 1/14/2009
by Mark Murray
at First Read
It's tough to fly over the moon when you're broke. The Hill reports, "Obama faces a decision at the end of April on whether to continue the Space Shuttle initiative, which NASA otherwise plans to shut down." More: "Extending the program would come at a high cost; two shuttle flights a year cost $3 billion, according to outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin. That's even more expensive with a $1.2 trillion fiscal-year deficit as a backdrop."
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