That's a pretty serious accusation, you are basically charging NASA with fraud and lying to Congress. You wouldn't happen to have any proof of this?
Later in the article you linked to it says this:
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NASA responded in a February report to the House and Senate appropriations committees that the two contingency flights are fully loaded with large spare parts that only the shuttle can transport to the space station. Adding a space shuttle flight in 2010 would cost between $300 million and $400 million, the report said, and keeping the space shuttle flying in 2011 would cost between $2.7 billion and $4 billion.
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So it sounds like NASA actually told Congress it costs more than $150 million. I suspect Congress is either giving the $150 million as a first payment on the future total cost, or is undercutting NASA.