Sorry, but you are obviously “Outside the know.” 196 billion is chump change beside the benefits to America and the loss of astronauts was always expected. One does not explore new frontiers without loss of life. That is a basic lesson since the beginning of time. According to you we should have never tried to design airplanes that would actually fly because some people were lost in attempting the feat. Same goes for automobiles, submarines, trains, boats, etc. etc. etc. Actually, according to you the colonization of America was not worth the loss of life, including the westward expansion. You remind me of the blind idiots who criticized Jefferson for the Louisiana Purchase and Seward for the purchase of Alaska. Get lost until you have a viable argument!
You can’t provide proof for your claim, so you resort to ad hominem attacks. How DU of you.