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SHUTTLE PROGRAM

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July 9, 2011 at 2:47AM

SHUTTLE PROGRAM

BY THE NUMBERS

196 billions of dollars spent on the program over 40 years

90 billions of dollars that NASA originally said the program would cost

50 flights originally planned each year

9 actual maximum number of flights a year

1981 the year of the first shuttle flight

135 total shuttle flights, counting Friday's launch

33 flights for Atlantis, counting Friday's launch

14 shuttle astronauts died in the program

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