NASA = "Never A Straight Answer"

NASA Has a Problem Calculating – and Admitting – What Space Missions Really Cost, SpaceRef

Editor’s note: NASA issued a press release [Thursday] regarding the Mars Phoenix Lander mission. I had some serious issues with what was – and what was not included in the press release with regard to the actual cost of the mission.
So, instead of just shooting my mouth off, I sent a formal query to Dolores Beasley and Guy Webster, the NASA PAO officials listed as contacts, and waited for their reply before posting anything. I got a reply [Friday] afternoon from Dolores Beasley – to which I have added some comments.