[Movemout]

"I am not sure the tooling still exists. "

It does. Don't forget that we replaced the Challenger, with the Enterprise I think. It would take a couple of billion dollars. This is a real, honest to God nexus in manned space operations. I look forward to seeing it resolved.

[Desdemona]

Don't forget that we replaced the Challenger, with the Enterprise I think. It would take a couple of billion dollars.

Endeavor (sp?). The pricetag 17 years ago was $2.1 bil. It'll be a heck of a lot higher now.

I've read through the responses - I don't know. I'm betting on a combination of all of the above.

[RadioAstronomer]

It does. Don't forget that we replaced the Challenger, with the Enterprise I think. It would take a couple of billion dollars. This is a real, honest to God nexus in manned space operations. I look forward to seeing it resolved.

I sure hope so. BTW, it was replaced with the Endeavor. I hope the tooling was not destroyed after that shuttle was complete.

I have worked in the space program for the past 22 years and I have seen my share of mission failures. :-(

[supercat]

It does. Don't forget that we replaced the Challenger, with the Enterprise I think.

Was the challenger replaced? The original plan was for a fleet of five, and I'm not aware of more than five ever having been built.