Another way to look at it:
The International Space Station is the largest, most complex, and most expensive man-made project from a team of 17 countries. Cost of project since its start in 1985? ~150 billion dollars (Space Shuttle missions are accounted for in this cost)
NASA's contribution to this cost: ~53 billion dollars
Contribution of United States to Iraq War since 2003: 600 billion dollars
And I even used the MINIMUM for the Iraq War cost, and the MAXIMUM for the Space station cost.
What's the cost of the space station? - - MSNBC.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washington/19cost.html
