While I appreciate the sentiment, it's not exactly a fair comparison. The first government rocket launches surely had cost overruns. But were the most recent sh

While I appreciate the sentiment, it's not exactly a fair comparison. The first government rocket launches surely had cost overruns. But were the most recent shuttle launches vastly over-budget? Launching a satellite these days is a relatively known quantity whereas many horrifically over-budget government projects are doing things no one has ever done before.