This repurposing was done with the specific intent to assure the commercialization effort DID NOT succeed! The result was a multi billion, 30 year old, most capable space vehicle the world has ever had, was destroyed, essentially because personnel in asap,nasa, WH & congress were heavily biased against shuttle for illogical reasons.
This "management" remains biased against shuttle concept which is superior.
What I don't get is the shuttle capabilities used in fixing Hubble , and many other repairs , releases & returns ARE SO OBVIOUSLY UNIQUE and outstanding, HOW could anyone not speak against " leaders" who would essentially throw it away , based on its capability alone not even considering the waste of money & unique irreplaceable workforce?
Also, Abbey referred to this unique capability in his recent article lost in space in Washington Examiner. He once again emphasized the need for shuttle like capabilities using X37C.
Also, since cots not funded properly, the USA will experience a ten to fifteen year hiatus in manned space operations--- not a good situation for American competence in manned operations.
THE EFFORT to Commercialize Shuttle was sabotaged by NASA by repurposing hardware/facilities for SLS which if evaluated in detail TURNS out to be an EFFORT to make sure Shuttle is DEAD!!!!
Long Shot: NASA Contractor Could Keep Flying Space Shuttles
Kraft, Abbey, Thompson, Shannon, Krantz, Buzzard, Cernan, Aldrin, Armstrong, Jeffs, Decrasto, Crippen, Young, plus many others all TOLD administration ( potus, Bolden, Garver) to keep shuttle flying until a replacement is available.
They did not listen, even if commercial flys manned missions tomorrow ( which likely will be 5 to 6 years) we will not be CLOSE to shuttle capabilities! Essentially ten to 15 years with no manned capabilities--- who knows how long before we get shuttle capabilities BACK!!! Congress IS NOT funding the Shuttle replacement ( COTS) adequately!!
Face it, our capabilities that we spent all significant amount of money & time ARE gone!!!
This will impact the security of this country!
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