Broken Telescope: NASA Sticks the Voters with a $44 Million Bill

NASA was going to launch an x-ray telescope. NASA spent $43.5 million on it. Then it killed the $119 billion program. Better killed than completed. But it’s another example of government planning. No one asked: “Why should NASA be spending money on an x-ray telescope?” No one asked: “Why should NASA even exist?” What was [...]

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Dud Missile’s Cost Overrun: $3.4 Billion to $16.5 Billion

Back in 1995, the Pentagon proposed a new missile to defend American air space. The USSR had gone out of business on December 31, 1991, but a new enemy threatened America. So secret was this threat that the Pentagon refused to mention it by name. But it was there. Lurking. Planning. The new missile system [...]

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