The following Experts said Shuttle Retirement a Mistake:
John Young, Bob Crippen, G. Abbey, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, Al Richardson, F. Buzzard, Bob Thompson, G. Jeff's , J. Oberg, J. Hillhouse, Larry Chiao & many others.
China & India are developing a reusable shuttle. Boeing has proposed to nasa to expand the X37B into a manned vehicle with a large payload, however Nasa not interested. Hillhouse stated : And those in Congress specializing in space are well aware that, had getting independent access to ISS for our nation really been Job #1 for NASA's leadership, then the Administration would have approved Boeing's proposal for the X-37B follow-on, the 5 crew X-37C. We are talking about a dependable spacecraft that can sit in orbit for over a year and NASA said no to making it a crewed vehicle. Why?
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/
YET, our present leaders do not recognize the critical need for this capability !
I think that was a mistake. Space Shuttle was and remains the most capable flying machine ever conceived, built and operated. We learned much from the thirty years of Shuttle flights, and in my opinion, we should still be flying them. Shuttle carried a crew of seven, plus nearly sixty thousand pounds of payload to low earth orbit. After transforming from a rocket into an orbital research or construction platform, it entered the atmosphere and landed on a conventional runway at the end of its mission. After around one hundred days of processing, it was ready to fly again. L. Chiao
To our present leaders, this must be corrected ASAP. Get Boeing Working on X37C!
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