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kleinbl00 · 4412 days ago · link · · parent · post: Aprlil 1980 Washington Monthly article on what a terrible idea the Space Shuttle is
Another tidbit I've never been able to find again is attribution for this quote, which Frontline pinned on Al Gore, during NASA budget discussions when he was a senator: "If we sent the Shuttle into space with a payload bay full of feathers and had it return with a payload bay full of gold, the Shuttle would only lose eighty million dollars per flight."I had to look it up: 4.9 flights per year.