In a message dated 6/28/01 1:19:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< What's the general feeling about hte efficacy of the shuttle program? I'm
admittedly uneducated about the specifics of the programs economics, but I've
always had this vague feeling like it was a "bad idea" >>
Can't speak for anyone else, but the problem with the shuttle program isn't
the shuttle; it's that NASA hasn't really done much of anything else (in the
manned space program, at least) *except* the shuttle. (Before the ISS, that
is.) NASA seems to have forgotten about the Moon, which to me is a major
blunder and even tragedy. The shuttle is fine; it's just not enough.
Tom Beck
