I believe it is a very poor decision.
NASA is becoming even more risk averse since Columbia. Instead of managing risk better, they think they can increase safety by avoiding all risk. That is loser, non-productive strategy.
They want a 'shelter' for astronauts before they will undertake a manned mission.
Pres. Bush had best get some leadership into NASA that is not afraid to go out there. Space is risky and will remain so forever.
The modern NASA could not have gotten Apollo 11 to the moon even with 200% of the budget in real $ of the 60's era Apollo, at this rate.
And if they did get it there, they would have grounded the entire program due to the obvious risk.
"We choose to go not because it is easy, but because it is hard" to paraphrase someone who was not afraid of risk.
Ed
Space/Science » in reply to No more flights to the HST???
That is what the news is here.