[Cincinatus' Wife]

June 30, 2011: Letter From Astronauts and Apollo Veterans Regarding Space Shuttle Retirement and Risk to ISS Operations **** "Congress should request an immediate, 3 week, impartial study and hold emergency hearings on this matter."***

Christopher C. Kraft Former Director of NASA Manned Spaceflight Center Houston, Texas

Scott R. Spencer Transportation Management Consultant Wilmington, Delaware

Endorsed by:

Robert L. Crippen, Pilot STS-1, Commander (STS-7, STS-41C & STS-41G)

Frederick H. Hauck, Pilot STS-7, Commander (STS-51A & STS-26)

Walter Cunningham, LM Pilot, Apollo 7

Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, Apollo 11

James A. Lovell, Jr., Commander, Apollo 13

Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17

Gene Kranz, Director of Mission Operations - Flight Director

Tom Moser, NASA Space Station Program Director

John W. Robinson, Chairman, Space Propulsion Synergy Team

cc: President Barack Obama
Vice President Joseph Biden
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
U.S. Representative Ralph Hall

[NonZeroSum]

That’s crazy. It would cost billions to resurrect the program, and be at least two years before they could fly again. All Dragon needs is a launch escape system and life support, both under development now.