For what it's worth, I heard Kraft speak about 15 years ago and tell the story of Carter bragging about the shuttle. As he told it, he walked into the meeting e

For what it's worth, I heard Kraft speak about 15 years ago and tell the story of Carter bragging about the shuttle. As he told it, he walked into the meeting expecting to tell Carter that they were going to have to cancel the shuttle program. However, before he could start Carter told him that he had just been speaking to Brezhnev and telling them how much the shuttle was going to outshine what they were doing. Without missing a beat, Kraft said "Mr. President, I'm going to need three million dollars".[1] [1] I don't recall the exact amount he said.