If a major exploration blew the budget but achieved its primary goal it could still be considered a success. But it must achieve its goal. However, for the shu

If a major exploration blew the budget but achieved its primary goal it could still be considered a success. But it must achieve its goal. However, for the shuttle the lower price was the #1 goal which it failed to achieve. So it is a failure. Sorry. And that overfunded failure held back other options, because it is hard to compete when the competitor has many extra billions for development.