WE have an Administrator of NASA who flew on Shuttle as CMDR & one or two other times as a plain Astronaut--- BUT does not appreciate the UNIQUE Capabilities of the shuttle & feels it is time to move on!!!

I know it is hard to believe, while most of the experts at nasa & in industry feel lifting bodies/ runway landers is the best approach, our adm, feels it is time to move on , BACK to Capsules with FAR less capabilities than the shuttle like approach.
why do you think Boeing proposed the X37C? Why did SNC propose & build Dream Chaser?

It is as obvious as anything can be , we need to get a shuttle like replacement for the shuttle ASAP for the security of the USA & we need to get it operational since we are now falling BEHIND. Congress & the NASA leadership are both responsible for the USA being out of manned spaceflight from 2011 to 2020 or 2025 and to flying in inferior vehicles--- namely Capsules.
WAKE UP America!!!

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