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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The space shuttle was sold to America as cheap, safe and reliable. It was none of those.
It cost $196 billion over 40 years,Film Blowing Machine ended the lives of 14 astronauts and managed to make less than half the flights promised.
Yet despite all that, there were some big achievements that weren''t promised: major scientific advances, stunning photos of the cosmos,Blown Film Machine a high-flying vehicle of diplomacy that helped bring Cold War enemies closer, and something to brag about.
Former President George H.W. Bush,Bag Making Machine who oversaw the early flights, said the shuttle program "authored a truly inspiring chapter in the history of human exploration."
NASA''s first space shuttle flight was in April 1981.Packing Machine The 135th and final launch is set for July 8. Once Atlantis lands at the end of a 12-day mission,Printing Machine it and the other two remaining shuttles are officially museum pieces — more expensive than any paintings.
America has done far more for far less.leather & shoe machines The total price tag for the program was more than twice the $90 billion NASA originally calculated.
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