NASA spends $1 billion for a launch tower that leans, may only be used once

> These trade studies found that modifying the existing mobile launcher would cost $54 million, modifying the Space Shuttle Mobile Launcher Platforms would cost $93 million, and constructing a new mobile launch platform would cost $122 million. Ultimately, the agency opted for the lowest-cost option—modifying the Ares mobile launcher—but unfortunately those preliminary cost estimates turned out to be wildly optimistic. Government in a nutshell. Just like California's high-speed rail project. Every few months it is announced that the project will take a few more months (i.e. nothing has gotten done) and cost a few million dollars more.