[modeless]

NASA doesn't know how to do anything cheaply. They have two space telescopes sitting in a warehouse since 2011 that were donated by the NRO. They're estimating $4 billion to launch and run just one of them, more than a decade after the donation. And you know it'll cost double the estimate and take an extra 5 years.

[2Gkashmiri]

Why dont they just give others to do their work? Last I remember india sent a probe to Mars for less than amount it took for making the movie Mars featuring Matt Damon ?

[modeless]

For the politicians that fund NASA, spending money is the whole point. They call it "job creation".

[2Gkashmiri]

agreed but what job creation is a project sitting dead for 5 years? are they giving people salary for not doing anything and then claiming too much costs or something else?