19. If we can hardly afford to fuel up our cars, how can we afford to fuel up the Space Shuttle? (A K2S Question)

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The Space Shuttle is expensive to operate and probably beyond the means of private individuals or corporations. However, the NASA budget is less than one-half a percent of the federal budget, and well within the means of the US government. REFERENCES: 1.NASA, National Space Transportation System Reference, Volume 1 Systems and Facilities, June 1988. This document is available on the Internet at:(See CDROM) http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/stsreftoc. html#sts-umbilical-doors 2. Bosch, Robert. Automotive Handbook, Distributed by SAE Society of Automotive Engineers, Wattendale OA, 1966 Ed. 3.http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/ faqs-hydrogen.html 4. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/researching/asp/ 5. http://www.astronautix.com/props/loxlh2.html 6. Manweiler, J.W. Interplanetary Medium. In Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology, Vol. I, Ed. by Hans Mark, Wiley- Interscience, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, N.J., 2003.

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Answer provided by Jon H. Brown

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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