Who would have thought after Apollo 17 that it would be nearly the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 before we would go back.
Jeez Dale, you didn't have to put it THAT way. Now I really feel old. I hope that we can find some way to get those two albatrosses you mention (ISS and shuttle) out of the way more quickly. Perhaps a sober look at the shuttle's real capabilities will help us to realize that the ISS will never be finished and we can cut our losses on the thing. I think that there's a chance that with that "same old, same old" behind us, we might get a bit more interest out of the general public. Americans in general can't maintain more than a 15 minute attention span, but even that much would be nice for a change. Michael