what was the cost for the program?
The per-launch cost was $1.642 billion (in 2012).
Space Shuttle
Accounting for the entire Space Shuttle program budget, the per-launch cost was $1.642 billion (in 2012).
where does the space shuttle take off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida can you describe this object? The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program what was the purpose of this program? To  accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo
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Space Shuttle [SEP] Budget
In 2009, NASA determined that the cost of adding a single launch per year was $252 million (in 2012), which indicated that much of the Space Shuttle program costs are for year-round personnel and operations that continued regardless of the launch rate. Accounting for the entire Space Shuttle program budget, the per-launch cost was $1.642 billion (in 2012).