Must feel great to make a 3.5 billion dollar mistake!
Money...schmuny. That is what government people say because it is OPM (other peoples’ money). Do =you really think they give a rat’s a**?
Nobody wins when things like this happen, tax payers lose, the countries IC and military lose. But space is still a risky business, and these particular missions are not off-the-shelf tech where you can buy cheap. It often takes years if ever to recover from stumbles like this.