Really?

USATODAY.com - NASA administrator says space shuttle was a mistake: "Asked Tuesday whether the shuttle had been a mistake, Griffin said, 'My opinion is that it was. ... It was a design which was extremely aggressive and just barely possible.' Asked whether the space station had been a mistake, he said, 'Had the decision been mine, we would not have built the space station we're building in the orbit we're building it in.'

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Maybe this is what happens when you take the lowest bidder and build by committee.