5. the same person, thing, or kind of thing. 6. the very person, thing, or set just mentioned: Sighted sub sank same. 7. the same, in the same manner; in an identical or similar way: I see the same through your glasses as through mine.all the same, a. notwithstanding; nevertheless: I know you're tired, but all the same, I wish you'd stay. b. of no difference; immaterial: It's all the same to me whether you go or not.. Being the one previously mentioned or indicated; aforesaid: There was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout (King James Bible). adv. In the same way: The words sale and sail are pronounced the same.
All five Shuttles flew a total of 135 missions. According to Space.com, in an article written in 2005, [I]f the space shuttle program is terminated after 2010, then it will have a total lifetime cost of about $173 billion, Pielke reported. â¦Given that flight rate, this will result in a total program cost per flight of $1.3 billion, Pielke explained.
Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space-rated Space Shuttle in NASA's orbiter fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on 12 April 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program.Over 22 years of service it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on 1 February 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.t that time the shuttle fleet was expanded to include Discovery and Atlantis. Columbia returned to space on January 12, 1986, with the launch of STS-61-C. The mission's crew included Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz, as well as the first sitting member of the House of Representatives to venture into space, Bill Nelson.