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I am sorry but you do not know what you are talking about. Do some research on the benefits of the space shuttle. My husband has a small company here in town and we keep up with what is going on in the space industry. Did you know that the shuttle made it possible for the artificial heart? Did you know that NASCAR cars use insulation brought about by the space shuttle? Did you know that there are many medical benefits due to the space shuttle? How about infrared cameras? Or the space suits used by children who can not be out in the sun? Some of the land mine removal devices were brought about by the space shuttle. How about the insulation in prosthetics? How about the tool used by rescue groups to help get people out of wrecked cars? Or how about that video which helps police solve crimes by clearing up the images on films? If you have seen CSI, then you have seen the film images. There are many others.

I'm not bagging on ya, I just got a chuckle out of the way you wrote that post.

Ginsu knives? you guessed it; Space Shuttle.
Lawnmowers? Yup, Space Shuttle.

I'm teasing with ya...Those were actually pretty cool points..I just saw an SNL skit coming about..

Do some research on the benefits of the space shuttle.

Yeah, it's a pity that one of the benefits wasn't a robust shuttle...

Others have pointed out the comic nature of your post. But I'll talk more to the practical.

These advances would have come whether the vehicle used for human space flight was the shuttle or not. My point for bashing the shuttle is that SO MUCH was invested in making the most complex machine the world has ever seen to go THREE HUNDRED miles into space. THREE HUNDRED MILES!!!! Most times the Shuttle doesn't even make it that far. What do you think Ruttan could do with the tiniest fraction of what NASA has pissed away to go THREE HUNDRED MILES into space.

In case you are wondering why I am emphasizing 300 miles(give or take a couple dozen miles of course), is because it is a JOKE to be stuck, and don't kid yourself, we are stuck at this mark. NO human advancement into space is really going to take place until we establish ourselves at the Lagrange points We had the ability to do such in the freakin 60s, but our wonderful NASA desided to piss away the next 40 years of human space flight to build a hunk of complex junk that can BARELY Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth.

And don't even get me started on the International Space Station. All a waste that have taken the worlds amazement and awe of space travel and threw it into the refuse bin. Children no longer want to be astronauts. Why invest your life in something that is a pale comparison to something others have done in the past?

Yes, I understand the need to reorganize after the moon missions, because the Apollo program was to say we can do it, versus actually doing somethign while we are there. GReat, get your house in order for a decade or two, but it's been over 30 years since we've been to the moon and how did NASA get it's house in order in this time? By spending an untold amount of money to do something that old technology could do cheaper, faster, safer, etc...

The shuttle and International Space Station have all but killed America's dream of space exploration. It makes we want to cry to be perfectly honest with you.

Anything so developed would have cost much less (a very small fraction, and probably a fraction of a single shuttle launch) without having to fund the space shuttle, and because they are useful, would have been. The shuttle wasn't built so NASCAR could have better insulation, it was built for space missions which needn't have taken place. The Hubble has been successful, but could have been orbited using an expendible heavy booster. The space station is just a surrender-sovereignty nightmare funded by the US taxpayer. US taxpayers likewise and in the same project funded the continued Russian space program.