We Humans can make some pretty amazing things. Take for instance a Gatling Gun that is capable of firing up to 2000 rounds per minute. A 20mm round weighs about two pounds and costs $5.00 U.S.D. That means a Gatling Gun that shoots 2000 20mm rounds per minute, costs $10,000 dollars a minute to fire. So by that math a helicopter equipped with two of these cannons, costs $20,000 dollars a minute to fire. That being said, if you have a five helicopter attack squad, attacking for 5 minutes, we have spent $500,000 in ammunition alone!
As I sit here in the great thinking room and ponder this, I can't help but to pose this thought: How long of an operation is it for you to do Your daily "Doodies"? The average human poop time (per poop) is about 7 minutes. (According to the "Brendanian Scale", five equals seven [5=7] so this metaphor holds in scale.) That's 7 minutes in full on Gravity. Gravity that pulls everything down, a major component in the current observational operation. So now imagine the Astronauts in the space station. Especially the poor guy who has spent a #YearInSpace. No Gravity! How does that work?
Don't keep thinking about it, that's disgusting. I'll just point out that it has something to do with launching SHIT into Geo-synchronous orbit, so that it doesn't land on us just 200 miles below. Imagine that on your wind shield.
All I am saying is, think about what our Great Nation could be spending on a five minute operation before you piss and moan about an $800 toilet seat for the space station.