Lets face it. The US is one shuttle accident away from having no manned space program. It would take a minimum of 12-18 months to recover from another Challenger type accident.
The Bush team needs to refocus NASA on developing the shuttle's replacement.
Its really a national security issue.
I think the Bush administration is looking at NASA and asking "what if..." and they are not liking the answers they are getting.
We need a less expensive & more reliable alternative. Then scientific missions might cost Millions instead of Billions: And we can do more here than just talk about a proposal to send men to Mars at some undisclosed time in the future.
Mars will happen someday. But not until the shuttle has been completely redesigned and/or replaced.
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I think NASA is being restructured for a reason
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