That 108th flight was in 2001, 20 years later. Yeah. And to go to fly the next 30 flights took another decade. We didn't fly a lot. Yeah. It was expensive. It also took a lot to get the space shuttle orbiter ready for a mission. Yeah. And basically take it all apart and put it back together every time, which might not have been the smartest thing to do. Yeah. (18:53–19:01)
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