[ijcr]

The history of flight is the history of a dream,:-human-kind’s dream to soar through the sky like a bird.

This dream is filled with failure and set backs.
Since the 1900's would-be aeronauts have constructed and tested a wide variety of flying machines, often resulting in death or injury as they plummeted to earth.

When Air Alaska Flt 261 fell into the sea with 88 passengers on board.Did we call for for new MD 80's despite the age of the aircraft?

The shuttle is the best monitored space vehicle we have ever
produced and no doubt the cause of the break up will be eventually revealed.

Tragically, while I mourn the loss of life, it is the price we pay for progress and our dreams of conquering the stars.

We must not lose sight of the goal when we encounter a failure.We must not cease this noble quest.

[George W. Bush]

The shuttle is the best monitored space vehicle we have ever produced and no doubt the cause of the break up will be eventually revealed.

No. It was an underfunded compromise in a time of short funding which shruck as the project approached completion. Our astronauts deserve better. Our country deserves better. It's even far more expensive to fly than the multistage rockets it replaced.

We need a new shuttle. We need new heavy-payload rockets. Not an all-in-one space truck with many inherent design flaws based on Seventies technology. This is what we need to do if we want a successful and affordable space program.