[MrNatural]

... why haven't we upgraded our orbital capacities...?

Answer: Politics and economics. NASA doen't really have much clout in congress and they have to make do with
whatever money they get. But we absolutely need a new redesigned vehicle; one that go from earth to orbit and back by
itself. Maybe this tragedy will advance that effort.

As far as the rest of your statement, I don't know why a superior craft would be kept secret, and I don't see any
group as puppeteers. Of course, things like that are hard to disprove.

[Quix]

Thanks for your kind reply.

I hope you're right.

I'm still skeptical. Control freaks like to control power every way they can--especially with technology and military power vehicles.

Besides. . . it seems to me the logical thing for satan to do given the Bible's predictions for our era.

And, it just seems to me that the money or lack of will etc. is toooooo easy . . . toooo tidy somehow. We've historically done most any durn thing we wanted to do that was remotely possible and hang the costs.

But, what do I know. I just filter masses, great masses of information. And I certainly make plenty of mistakes. But not as many as some hereon would presume.