pic: Discovery Bon Voyage

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

I know we don't discuss political matters here on Chief Delphi, but it has to be said.

The politicians and beareaucrats who have defunded our space program should be run out of the country.

I grew up watching the space shuttles and wanting to be an astronaut. It brings a tear to the eye to watch them fly their last flight.

That money is going to fund the development of the as yet undesigned SLS (Space Launch System) and to fund COTS (SpaceX and Orbital Sciences ISS resupply, both of which could be potentially human rated). Instead of paying to maintain the shuttle, it is going to engineers to build the next generation of space vehicle. There are certainly issues, there always are, but we aren't quite going to heck in a handbasket yet.

The DC-3 was a great commercial airplane in it's day... but 30 years later the 747-100 was a heck of a lot better.

"That belongs in a museum!" -Indiana Jones