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NASA's Ares rocket dead, but Congress lets you pay $500 million more for it
Another $500 billion, about $500 per taxpayer, down the drain due gross incompetence.
WASHINGTON — Thanks to congressional inaction, NASA must continue to fund its defunct Ares I rocket program until March — a requirement that will cost the agency nearly $500 million at a time when NASA is struggling with the expensive task of replacing the space shuttle.
Another $500 billion, about $500 per taxpayer, down the drain due gross incompetence.