I'll repeat it, just in case. Never intended to be cryptic, sorry about that.
Rides were the aim of Nasa because test pilots and their adoring handlers set the agenda. Listen to every astronaut talk about exploration and he only wants to tell you of his dreams of flying. Enough, already. These dreams are not the problem of the taxpayer.
Bacon... for starters, enough of this perennial angst. Three times is plenty. Now the whole program will slow as we investigate all the reasons why it happened, when we could have been sending lots of useful unmanned failures into space.
It's time not to worry about building a better spacecraft. The Russians have decided that question for us.
Let's build a better astronaut.
Why do I know I am arguing with a woman? Hey, your angry, you got to get those 10,000 words out somehow. I'll be the gentleman and let you get the last say. But then I cant argue anyway if you only answer in esoterics.