Congress Takes Costly Trip to See Shuttle

Congress Takes Costly Trip to See Shuttle: "Forty-four members of Congress flew to Cape Canaveral for the scrubbed launch of space shuttle Discovery at a cost of more than $73,000, according to figures provided to The Associated Press on Thursday.......

The leader of the Senate delegation, Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, also would be willing to try again, her spokesman said.

"I can't say for sure but it's definitely a possibility," said the spokesman, Chris Paulitz.

Hutchison is chairwoman of the Senate Commerce Committee's science and space subcommittee."