Exactly!
Tell the international partners we'll finish the ISS once we have the new HLLV in place. If we retire the shuttle now much of that money can go to developing the HLLV now instead of waiting until 2010 to begin development.
Space/Science » in reply to re: Far too humiliating
Tell the international partners we'll finish the ISS once we have the new HLLV in place. If we retire the shuttle now much of that money can go to developing the HLLV now instead of waiting until 2010 to begin development.