We are second rate when you compare the manned programs of Russia and the United States. It's very sad after taking into account how much more we spend then the Russians.
The current grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet because of form falling off the ET is an embrassment. They had two years and a billion+ dollars, and they didn't fix a damn thing. MUST BE A UNION SHOP! "If it's not in my union contract, I ain't doin` it."
Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com
Well, you know the story about the space pen and NASA?