This is Fake news. The space Shuttle was a successful part of a money laundering and tax money corruption scheme. I think it was $3.5million / day er someshit. Very successful investment.
They've moved on to better scams. Check out LIGO and VIRGO the supposed gravitational wave detectors. They inject fake signals into the detector and then let the scientists publish papers. The shuttle program was a highly visible failure. On the other hand they can keep the gravitational wave detector scam going for a very long time.
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