[buccaneer81]

Looks like a lot of “fluff” and mission justification to me.

A lot of it is corporate. They don't usually spend money on "fluff."

[count-your-change]

If a lot of it is corporate then let corporate buy the station and operate it.

The end of a multi-billion dollar jobs program.

Wait! Here's one of those really neat experiments: CEO- Crew Earth Observation. Everyone takes turns looking out the window looking at the earth? That's worth a billion all by itself. Fluff.