While I agree, it's logical in its own way, in retrospect it's pretty humorous: > Very early our calculations showed that the cost figures being used by NASA w

While I agree, it's logical in its own way, in retrospect it's pretty humorous: > Very early our calculations showed that the cost figures being used by NASA were unrealistic. [...] Because of our suspicion and distrust we decided to replicate the Shuttle without a full understanding of its mission. I can imagine someone in NASA, looking at the massive budget overruns, reacting like that "Ha! Got 'em!" meme