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STS Program Elements Cost Chart

Chart of direct costs for the Shuttle program development, broken out by major program components. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N8qbMFzB0UflNuXuBDdk33BjZQo4PTNFL82NCstAtlQ/edit?usp=sharing">

NASA's obligations for Space Transportation System development, per year. Development was declared completed after the 1982 fiscal year, at which point the program was considered in production/operations. This includes the 1976 transition quarter, a 3-month, one-time byproduct of budget restructuring by the U.S. government. For more detailed information, see the Google spreadsheet source data.

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