[Man of the Right]

NASA is killing more Americans than Al Qaeda.

Hopefully, when all 5 Shuttles vaporize, the program will end. It's too bad another 21 people will have to die before that happens.

[tricky_k_1972]

Your assertions are ridiculous, first off NASA did not kill those astronauts, they are in a risky job and they know it, but they do it anyway. Why do companies use deep sea divers, that’s dangerous, people die, and they die just for money. At the very least these astronauts died for a dream.

Second, unmanned space programs can't do everything, for one they can't service the Hubble, space station, or any of a myriad of satellites. You will just have to throw those all away when they break.

Third, if you give up the Shuttle you'll have to build some other heavy lift vehicle. I have no problem with that, but I think it will be a hard sell to those in government, or regular citizens like you, who already think the shuttle and space programs in general are a waste of money. The Shuttle costs $500 mill a flight, at 4 flights a year that is 2 billion. The government spends 100 times that much on social programs, if not more.

And lastly your statements, both of them, were crass and not needed, they added nothing to the conversation.

[John Lenin]

"Whitey's on the Moon and I can't get a sandwich"

Deal with it !

[HardStarboard]

>>>Hopefully, when all 5 Shuttles vaporize, the program will end. It's too bad another 21 people will have to die before that happens. <<<

Your powers of reasoning are on display, and to be more charitable than you deserve, I , and I'm sure many others, are grateful that you are nowhere near the space agency.