According to the company awarded the contract and who built it out in 1996, they said it "runs so smoothly that it isn’t necessary to bring in someone else to h

According to the company awarded the contract and who built it out in 1996, they said it "runs so smoothly that it isn’t necessary to bring in someone else to help manage it." It goes on to say that “They'd do nothing all day long." So basically the 177k is an insurance policy in case something goes wrong but it doesn't sound like there is a lot of day to day maintenance and I would hope they also have a feature freeze since its planned to be decommissioned in the near future.