sjb (06/01/82)
NASA and the Pentagon are working on plans for each to operate its own space shuttles. At present, four are planned (one completed, one very near to completion, one being constructed, and one's parts being scrounged) with an option for a fifth existing. Congress has said that the Pentagon and DoD are not paying their fair share in the development of the shuttle. In the $15 billion projected cost of producing the four space shuttles, the Pentagon will only pay $3.4 billion; this money will also go to making a space station at Vandenburg AFB and securing the facilities at KSC and Houston.