Comment Re:Why so angry? (Score 4, Informative) 119
Found it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program#Budget
The actual total cost of the shuttle program through 2011, adjusted for inflation, is $196 billion.[5] The exact breakdown into non-recurring and recurring costs is not available, but, according to NASA, the average cost to launch a Space Shuttle as of 2011 is about $450 million per mission.
And here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html#10
Q. How much does it cost to launch a Space Shuttle? A. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission.
In other words this five year agreement costs about as much as three Shuttle launches.
