[Magnum44]

...meaning?

[Mamzelle]

Meaning you made a silly remark about what I might have seen or not seen. How would you know what I've seen or who I know, and what significance would it have in any case? As a taxpayer, I'm tired of paying for rides instead of exploration. All the baloney about what is worthwhile about the program is reduced to the inevitable "dreams of flight." I don't want to pay to make a hobby pilot's dreams come true, in reality or vicariously. We've been there, done that. I want what is done to matter...bring me home some bacon instead of dreams for a change.

I repeat from my former post...If Nasa can't get back to focusing on exploration, instead of providing ponies for jockeys, I say shut it down completely.

As for what I dare say this day after the disaster, the thread's subject is the fate of the Shuttle program. I say reduce it and refocus on what we were supposed to do, which is explore. That ride Clinton gave to John Glenn to reward him for playing ball about the technology which should NOT have gone to China...well, that says a whole lot about the Mystique of the Astronaut the the Ride of Reward.