One more thing. (OK, so I had too much caffeine before trying to get to bed.) Don't you love the reasoning of the people who keep these boondoggles alive? "We can't get rid of the shuttle yet - we need it to keep the ISS alive. Of course, we can't get rid of the ISS yet, either. We need it to justify the shuttle." Go figure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <bau@desnews.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] NASA's plan to return to the moon | An interesting fact from Michael Griffin's press conference yesterday | (which I covered via Internet broadcast) is that he said the new rocket | could be used for the ISS. As if NASA cares what I think, I would advise | to scrap the shuttle now and get on with the new generation right away. By | the time they solve the foam-shedding problem it may be another couple of | years and they'll just have a dangerous vehicle to use for another three. | So let's put the station on hold for a while, get the new stuff going, and | forget about the shuttle. -- Joe | | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ |