A TLDR for the entire thing, "Local congressman urges congress to force NASA's to spend four years building something in his state for a rocket scrapped four years ago, demanding the agency waste taxpayer money."
Purely disgusting.
It's also why Americans think dimly of congress as a whole.
If that's the case, then maybe it's time that the US got a national parliament (with proportional representation) unencumbered by the district system.
You could abolish the Senate if all states agree to remove equal Senate suffrage.
Above is the relevant section of Article Five. If every state agrees to removing the Senate, the Senate could be killed off entirely.
Failing that, it may be possible to remove any power the Senate has in an amendment and grant states the ability to not have members of the Senate if they so choose, with the Senate to be abolished if no state puts forth a senator.
Of course, such an amendment is virtually impossible to get passed considering that it would greatly reduce the power of states like North Dakota that have tiny populations.
Also, it is the Supreme Court that has the job of determining the constitutionality of laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_choice#Special_interests
The article is a bit hyperbolic in that regard. The facility isn't closed down, it's just locked up because a locked door is cheaper than a security guard. No one is using it at the moment, but that doesn't mean it is not open for use.
Doesn't detract from the insanity of building the thing in the first place though.
It might help you as a taxpayer, but it doesn't help NASA, so they would never do that.