Originally Posted by Dreadnought

I disagree with getting rid of the shuttle program. If we were'nt meant to explore space there would have been disasters all along and there have been few grant you but tell me this.. What other country on this planet has their flag embedded in a place that no other country has even set foot on for all of posterity to see. That gentleman is "GLORY" everlasting, undeniable, unforgetable,unmistakable "Glory", the kind that most men dream to be a part of and cherish as will your children and grandchildren for generations to come but most of all an undeniable sign of an awesome scientific achievment born from the challenge of visionary american president JFK. Our flag has flown on the moon since July1969 and if we were to give up going back those brave astronauts from the early Apollo1 (1967) flights to the Challenger disaster (1986) that have died trying to reach for the stars would have died in vane. No way, we need to keep reaching even further for the stars! The spectre of disaster and money woes can never kill the dreams of a great and pioneering nation! Never! And besides would you choose to deny every single American born and yet to be born the one and only place not on this planet that OLD GLORY never ever flies at half staff? Never yeilding Never wavering and Always Proud. I would think you would not deny them this
Sorry guys just my thoughts.

P.S. The country among others feared the Soviets when they put Yuri GiGarin on a rocket and into orbit around the earth for the first time (1966).

But...The Entire world was dumbfounded and stood in awe when Eagle 1 transmitted from Tranquility Base for the very first time from the surface of the moon (1969). So you tell me if we have what it takes to explore space.