[backhoe]

Do you think the shuttle will fly in '04?

Just my somewhat uninformed opinion? Kind of doubt it- the way they are talking about abandoning Hubble due to expenses & risks using the shuttle, I think NASA views it as a flying bomb waiting to go off again in their collective faces.

[leadpenny]

We were talking about this at work yesterday. Most said they would climb on board if NASA let them. But I think you're right, politically it ain't gonna happen this year and maybe the shuttle, as we know it, is done.