>>As for the ISS, will someone please wake me when something interesting happens? As painful as it is for this lifelong space enthusist to admit, the ISS bores me to tears. It has turned into a money pit that is sucking the life out of the space program. Those who believe we're going to the moon or Mars anytime soon are kidding themselves. If space enthusists like me are being bored by the ISS, imagine what the general population must be thinking about the space program. Without broadbased political support, more complicated and expensive projects will have a very hard time getting funded.<<
Were ISS to disappear as a program today, I seriously doubt if an alternative more palatble to those of you craving exploration and excitement would emerge. Congress will be of no mind to grant NASA another pot o' cash for sending people back to the Moon or on to Mars. I have a very strong feeling that what you see is what you're gonna get for a long, long time. You might want to develop an interest in materials and biological sciences if you want to stay interested in the human spaceflight program.
-Kim-
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