CNN describes the “successful” completion of the Space Shuttle’s latest mission. Lets see, they spent roughly $600 million to launch the shuttle to install a $1.4 billion(!) module onto the International Space Station. That’s $2 billion for a 15 ton lab which is an insane price.
It’s sad to think about how much more we could be learning about space or get closer to a manned Mars mission with this money rather than wasting it all on this pork barrel ISS which often seems like it is nothing more than a public works project to justify the huge amount of money necessary to maintain and launch the Space Shuttle.