For more information, please see the Flight 2R Information page . Yes, four expedition crews have been named. In addition, Brazil and Italy have signed on as payload participants. A budget overview is available in the Fact Book . More information about NASA's budget is available at the NASA Headquarters Office of Legislative Affairs .
Money spent on America's space program is a good investment.
Non-recycleable items will be put on either a Russian return vehicle, which will totally disintegrate reentering Earth's atmosphere, or one of our shuttles, which will bring it all the way back to Earth for disposal. In the years that followed, Space Station Freedom's design underwent modifications with each annual budget cycle as Congress called for its cost to be reduced. In 1993, President Bill Clinton called for the station to be redesigned once again to reduce costs and include more international involvement. To stimulate innovation, teams from different NASA centers competed to develop three distinct station redesign options. The White House selected the option dubbed Alpha .