The lost decades of government-run space travel America's space shuttle program burned through almost $200 billion over the course of three decades from 1981 to 2011, but it failed to live up to expectations. washingtonexaminer.com washingtonexaminer.com / feeds washingtonexaminer-com-opinion .. washingtonexaminer-com-budgets-and-deficits / / #opinions / / 59 days 59d Share