Look at what the shuttle has accomplished & what can be accomplished in the future IF the USA uses and evolves the shuttle vs. The direction we are heading either COTS and SLS/Orion.
Read Nelson's papers, The Case to Save the Shuttle by Al Richardson, & compare with PAPER programs. Compare cost per pound of different approaches vs. Capabilities. Read the 51 I story, AND consider the Shuttle & Ancillary systems & Ground Facilities EXIST,(EXISTS) AND all development, R & D tests, qualification tests are done, plus TREMENDOUS amounts of knowledge based on 30 years of operation, considering ALL new programs STILL have to go through the various testing & failures & operational learning curve and they are going with inferior concepts, one Should Only Conclude USE & EVOLVE the Shuttle System.
If we do not use shuttle,
IT WILL BE DECADES BEFORE WE REGAIN OUR EXISTING CAPABILITY which is IN A MUSEUM.
The USA can accomplish a multitude of things with shuttle from satellite launches, on orbit repair, to missions to other destinations by placing other systems in orbit.
Why can't our leaders see this. It is critical to National Security.
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