re: Shuttle shutdown savings?: Griffin or Zubrin
NASA could probably pay off ALL the iSS partners for their share of funds spent on ISS with a single year of what it cost NASA to fund ISS/Shuttle.
Its easy to say keep ISS?Shuttle when ESA is only paying a few cents on every dollar it costs to build and support ISS.
In the business world the group investing the most controls the decisions on the investment, not those paying the least.
NASA should decide on what to do about ISS/Shuttle based on what is best for the American Taxpayers paying the bill.