[AdA$tra]

....spend hundreds of millions of dollars (or lives....

How many millions of lives have been save by advances brought forth by the space program? These people volunteer for this fairly dangerous duty in order to advance mankind's agenda. For their sake and ours, let's not wimp out now. Get back on the horse and ride....if you need a volunteer....sign me up.

[Magnum44]

To those that say 'keep flying', I am not arguing that spirit at all. What I am saying is that in this and other dangerous businesses, its not smart to simply take chances, and professionals don't. We DO take calculated risks, fully understand the problems, and mitigate the dangers to the fullest extent. This is prudent and necessary. Up until Saturday, NASA was taking calculated risks. To continue now, without an investigation, is rolling a dice.

In aviation, the rules are written in blood. To not stop and learn those lessons is just as much letting the crew die in vain as to stop flying alltogether.

And after a thorough investigation, I also would volunteer.