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Besides, some in Washington point out, space travel isn't all that expensive. NASA funding represents less than 1% of the federal budget--a fraction of the 6% it got in the giddy Apollo days. The problem is that the balance sheet must now include Challenger and Columbia--not to mention the 14 lives the lost ships claimed. The investigation to come will determine if that price has been one worth paying. --Reported by Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas, Matthew Cooper and Sally B. Donnelly/Washington, Deborah Fowler/Houston, Hilary Hylton/Austin, Broward Liston/Cape Canaveral and David E. Thigpen/Chicago
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