I was against the 90 day plan because we had huge deficits back then and the cost was huge. I will not support it reincarnated as a stealth program or even at half cost when we can do reach the final goal for 5 to 20% of the 90 day plan's cost. I believe the space program deserves funding even during tough times, but I do not believe it is ever entitled to blow money on poorly conceived and wasteful programs.
What we should do now is commit to the long term goal but focus on the robotic precurser missions and the design of the human program. We can not afford to let valuable assets such as shuttle components fall by the wayside as we did the Saturn V program. Without a focus on the long term goal short term decisions can easily be counter productive. Programs can be shutdown or discarded that are not needed near term which are obviously needed long term. Once the economy picks up and war costs have dropped we can ramp up NASA's budget.
One of the seven habits of successful people is "begin with the end in mind".
Regards,
Mark
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