NASA

Random thought: through 2011, the space shuttle program cost about $196 billion (in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation). What were the objectives for this program? what were the accomplishments? There about 100 million people in the United States that pay taxes, so that almost $2,000 per taxpayer. As a taxpayer, do you feel as though this was money well spent? And, by the way, that's only about 1/2 to 1/3 of NASA's total budget.