[cynicom]

Support the shuttle???? I support exploration, whether it be by wooden sailing ships of old or interplanetary rockets. The mode of transportation is just that, a vehicle and to fear the method of travel is not for all men. Those that can see beyond the horizon will venture out, those frozen in fear, will remain behind.

[KevinDavis]

Agreed!

[Man of the Right]

You still don't get it. The entire solar system has been explored robotically. Robotic satellites are a mature technology.

You seem fixated on the idea that you have to have human beings inside a capsule outside the earth's atmosphere in order to explore space. Inside a capsule, they are a waste of money. They are spam in a can.