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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Bush wants to boost funding for NASA by almost a half-billion dollars to modernize the space agency's aging shuttle fleet and develop a new space plane, an administration official said Sunday.

[XBob]

155 - "WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Bush wants to boost funding for NASA by almost a half-billion dollars to modernize the space agency's aging shuttle fleet and develop a new space plane, an administration official said Sunday."

The last new shuttle, to replace challenger, cost $2 billion+, used existing spare parts.

There are no more spare parts, and no more spare parts factories. Try building one, and only one brand new 1966 Studibaker.

They will spend $499 million buying $1 in spare parts.

Sorry, that was an error, it was meant to be $1 million. Freudian slip I guess.