The USAF wanted so many. After the Challenger explosion, NASA contracted for a new orbiter. Rockwell had to reconstitute the orbiter production line and get all the subcontractors back up to speed. Rockwell did the numbers and offered to build three orbiters for what Congress had appropriated for one. Somebody at NASA rejected this deal.
Funny things are everywhere.
OK, It's been a few years but here goes. And then the number of widgets. Just another software type question. OK, I want to know too, so I am forwarding this message from my brother, who reads this list faithfully and has no trouble sending me mail, but claims he doesn't know how to post here. Some of the teams listed are 1.