[oh8eleven]

The Cassini spacecraft has provided new looks at Saturn and its rings of ice.
The next few months should also bring even more dazzling and revealing pictures of Saturn's rings.
Gee, that's great. And it probably "only" cost taxpayers $2.1 billion dollars.

[SandyB]

Gee, that's great. And it probably "only" cost taxpayers $2.1 billion dollars

That is about how much we borrow each day to fund our federal budget deficit. What difference does it make if we happen to borrow $4.2 billion for just one day instead of our usual daily 2.1 billion borrowing from china?

We borrow an additional $2.1 billion every day with nothing to show for it - at least with this loan, we have some pictures.