....Let's hope NASA can shine again!

Like in the past

Kennedy opted for the Moon before Glenn went to orbit.

In 1968, the Soviets were threatening to reach the Moon before the US, so George Low decided Apollo 8 would orbit the Moon instead of orbit the Earth at a high altitude. Even before the spacecraft had been tested in orbit and right after the Apollo 1 disaster. Apollo 8 saved 1968 and became the greatest flight ever.

After Apollo 13, Apollo 15 became a J flight and Scott chose Hadley instead of Hyginus.

Skylab was conceived from the Apollo program hardware, nearly failed right from the start but was saved thanks to human enginuity and boldness and became a huge leap for science in space!

After Challenger, its replacement Endeavour had a most daring first flight: saving and relaunching Intelsat VI, with 3 astronauts performing the longest EVA at that time, grabbing the satellite with their hands.

When the HST was launched and it was discovered to have a flawed mirror, STS 61 became the most successful flight of the Shuttle program.

Necessity is the mother of inventions, indeed.

Raoul