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[i]An early foe of the space shuttle program was U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale, who in 1972 called it an "enormous federal boondoggle" and charged: "President Nixon's decision to proceed with the development of the space shuttle is another example of perverse priorities and colossal waste in government spending. There is expert evidence that we can achieve the same scientific and utilitarian goals in space at only a fraction of the billions to be spent on the shuttle.[/i]
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