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We need a little of that same spirit

Some one elase posted it earlier on this thread but I'll say it again...

GET BACK ON THE HORSE!

What we DON'T need is to wait two and a half years like we did after Challanger.

Sadly with the war and the economy I don't see how we can afford an agressive, government funded manned space program.

prisoner6

GET BACK ON THE HORSE!

Bump to that. No delay in our shuttle launch schedule. Ask for volunteers among the astronauts. We'll get them. The original estimate was that we'd lose 1 shuttle every 75 flights. Well, maybe it's actually 1 shuttle every 58 flights. Our astronauts have always known this and they are willing to pay the price if they have to. And that is not taking their lives lightly. It's recognizing that space exploration is important and that it is worth a few lives if that is what it takes.

Our astronauts are willing to go. Exploration isn't for the timid. New frontiers are not for the timid.

Let's build another shuttle to replace Columbia and start designing a replacement fleet. I hope we don't have to hear a lot of complaining over the cost. We're spending almost as much for a B2 bomber as we spend on a space shuttle these days.

"If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life."
- Gus Grissom, Commander, Apollo 1, speaking a few weeks before his death in the Apollo 1 fire