[Atlas Sneezed]

I've been saying from the beginning that Bush's announcement was essentially about canning the shuttle.

[Servant of the 9]

I've been saying from the beginning that Bush's announcement was essentially about canning the shuttle.

Jimmy Carter's budget cuts resulted in a crippled shuttle that was a shadow of the original proposal. It should have died long ago.

The Russians, despite being dead broke and using equipment obsolete before the first shuttle was built have maintained a better delivery record than we have.

May Carter return in his next life as a hemheroid on the ass of a stray dog.

So9

[dead]

Me too. It's also about maintaining our 40 year old head start on China. If they're going into space, we better get serious again about our program.

The ISS is the UN office with the highest rent. And the shuttle is just its taxi. There's no reason for us to continue to subsidize a bunch of Japanese, Russian, and Romanian astronauts' joy rides.

We'll send them "Wish You Were Here" greetings from Mars.