Lost in space

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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Military use of space is coming, Trump can help America prepare | TheHill

Trump has the central issue right: control of space underlies the United States's predominant position in world affairs. Communications satellites provide the high-speed data transfer that stitches the U.S. Armed Forces together, from generals issuing commands to pilots controlling drones. Other satellites monitor rival nations for missile launches, strategic deployments, or troop movements. America's nuclear deterrent itself uses space: land- or sea-based ballistic missiles leave and then reenter the atmosphere, giving them a global reach that is difficult to defend against.


http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/366663-military-use-of-space-is-coming-trump-can-help-america-prepare


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A needed capability!

Difficult to understand , retirement of such capability!

Lost in space—Capability to Assemble large structures in orbit!

But with the end of the shuttle program, the servicing-and-repair missions ended. Hubble would be on its own. The shuttle and the astronauts had proven the salvation of the telescope. But over and above ensuring its success, the shuttle proved its value, able to repair, service and retrieve satellites. It carried to orbit the large modules of the International Space Station and enabled their installation and the overall assembly of the station, the largest man-made structure in space.


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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Bruce McCandless

INFLIGHT (CREW ACTIVITY) - STS-11/41B | NASA Image and Video Library

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Bruce McCandless, iconic spacewalker, dies at 80 - CBS News

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Why NASA might outsource the return to the moon | TheHill

Re cots——- note how many we have flown to iss. ,!!!! Boy have saved a bunch, but no missions


http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/365918-why-nasa-might-outsource-the-return-to-the-moon


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Earthrise Apollo 8

Apollo 8 - Wikipedia

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Unbelievable, that people aren’t very upset with the destruction of our capabilities!

Lost in space

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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The USA must maintain this unique capability!

OPINION: How NASA became a ping-pong ball - SpaceFlight Insider

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/editorial/opinion-how-nasa-became-ping-pong-ball/


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John Glenn to NASA: Keep shuttles flying - Technology & science - Space - Human spaceflight | NBC News

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NASA to Rely on Russian Shuttles for ISS Missions Until 2019 - Sputnik International

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Important capability!

Trump's Moon Directive Earns Praise from NASA, Others

https://www.space.com/39055-trump-space-policy-moon-return-reactions.html


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Discovery: NASA's Busiest Shuttle

https://www.space.com/18187-space-shuttle-discovery.html


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The Space Review: Black ops and the shuttle (part 3-1): Recovering spent HEXAGON reconnaissance satellites with the space shuttle

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3390/1


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Walter Cunningham - Apollo VII Astronaut - Get Shuttle back in the Air

http://www.waltercunningham.com/op_ed_051603.htm


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Lots of capability in museum!

Declining capabilities!

Critical to USA security!

Unique capability

Walter Cunningham - Apollo VII Astronaut - Space Views - WalterCunningham.Com

Get Shuttle back in the Air
http://www.waltercunningham.com/op_ed_051603.htm


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A critical capability!

A critical capability!

Lost in Space by Abbey

Space shuttles have taken 355 people to space. Since their demise in 2011, the United States has been unable to put people into space except on other nations' spacecraft. It's a capability the U.S. has had since Alan Shepard's flight on May 5, 1961. The U.S. went from flying and operating the most advanced and capable spacecraft in the world, to flying as passengers under foreign command. Americans continue to journey to space on Soyuz spacecraft, but we are no longer able to work on facilities such as Hubble, or assemble large structures in space. We will look back on the space shuttle one day and realize what the nation lost, or rather, what it gave up.

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The U.S. Hasn't Lost the Space Race to China - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-21/the-u-s-hasn-t-lost-the-space-race-to-china


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The Space Review: Review: The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3372/1


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STS record !

John Warren Goerger THE 'SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM' had an EXCELLENT RECORD.
The two failures weren't something inherent with the design or operations of the Space Shuttles but rather, a very Screwed Up NASA / Shuttle Management!!!!
BIGGS who was working with Space Transportation in developing the beginning of a quasi-private ownership of at least 1 Space Shuttle for ~$1.5 Billion (1981 dollar 'buying power) & SpaceTrans would do all the "Marketing" of the; SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM was exactly what President Ronald Reagan was advocating; the eventual privatization, initially 50% & eventually 90% of long term Human activity in space---lunar & asteriod mining, human settlements there & O'Neill Space Settlements, while NASA would be focused mainly on purely scientific investigations of the Solar System & Astronomy in general.
Biggs informed President Reagan 6 names of men NOT to be charge of NASA because anyone of those six men would destroy the Civilian Space Program and especially the Space Shuttle Program.

Reagan, for some reasons didn't listen to Biggs, hired one of the "six" to oversee NASA & that person was the 'Acting Director' of NASA when the Challenger was loss..

Loss not because of some inherent flaw in the design / engineering but BECAUSE OF INEPT MANAGEMENT!!!
The same goes for the tragic and preventable loss of Columbia Shuttle & Crew!!!

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Get shuttle flying!

Get the Space Shuttle Back In the Air!

By WALTER CUNNINGHAM

Published in the Houston Chronicle, May 16, 2003

 

Walter Cunningham was a member of the backup crew for Apollo 1, served on the Apollo 1 Accident Investigating Committee and flew Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission. His book, The All-American Boys, is available in the bookstores.

Okay, so we've had another manned space disaster, the third in 40 years, and the faint-hearted are once more out to save us from the risks.  They are concerned age and corrosion have taken their toll or the shuttle is too fragile or the wear and tear of going in and out of space is greater than anticipated.  Congressman Joe Barton goes so far as to say, "We ought to scrap the program, or limit it to transporting only cargo, not humans."

 

Columbia won't be the last space disaster!  Unfortunately, we can spot some common factors in the three tragedies.  Complacency was a factor in at least two of them and Management decisions played a significant role in all three.  Following the Apollo 1 and Challenger accidents, virtually everyone got on the bandwagon to make the vehicles accident proof.  In the aftermath of Columbia, we have an opportunity to break that pattern.  We can become more accepting of the risk in manned spaceflight and more realistic about our expectations.  We can still avoid the mistakes of spending billions of dollars and years of time for dubious or cosmetic "improvements" or adopting operational restrictions that add little or nothing to safety but have a severe impact on operational flexibility.

 

Following the disastrous Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed the crew, dozens of safety and operational improvements were incorporated into the spacecraft and Apollo 7 was launched 21 months later.  During those 21 months, our crew placed a great deal of emphasis on keeping engineers, managers, and even Congressmen from "killing us with kindness."  That is how we referred to the tendency to go overboard on changes in the name of safety.  It is possible to add so many safety features, the vehicle becomes overweight, looses its operational flexibility and is no longer able to perform its originally intended mission.  Most of this "overkill" was motivated by well-intentioned concern-their way of avoiding a repeat of the Apollo 1 disaster.  We eventually adopted that old rule: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

 

Those of us on the first two flight crews knew that our own over-confidence played a role in the fire.  We had many safety concerns about the Apollo 1 spacecraft but thought we could "fly the crates they shipped them in."  Weren't we the best pilots in the world?  

 

The cause of the Challenger accident in 1986 was quickly determined to be hot exhaust gas leakage through a solid rocket booster seal even though earlier missions had been successful in spite of similar exhaust gas leakage.  Complacency and over-confidence lead management to launch in weather so cold that hot gas "blow-by" was almost certain to occur; and Challenger blew up.

 

When it was determined that some of the Challenger crew may have been alive until impacting the water, two minutes and 45 seconds later, engineers came up with a bailout "scheme."  It incorporates a fireman's pole out the hatch, launch and reentry flight suits and requires the Orbiter to be in "stable, controlled flight at an altitude of 30-40,000 feet."  Shuttle pilots with whom I have spoken say it provides more the hope of a bailout than a real bailout capability.  It did allow everyone-NASA engineers and management, Congress and even the public-to feel they had done something in the name of safety.

 

Now we are dealing with the most recent failure in the dangerous business of exploring space.  Once more, there is a real risk of overkill as Congressional Committees, engineers, and managers concluded they have a duty to take all human risk out of the operation.

The Shuttle Thermal Protective System is a complex and impressive solution to the reentry heating problem.  The tile component is extremely fragile; the reinforced carbon-carbon a bit more robust.  Design requirements say the delicate heat-shield tiles should not be hit by anything, even raindrops.  It was, obviously, never expected to launch through a hailstorm of external tank insulation, the most likely cause of the Columbia disaster.  That possibility was avoided-or so NASA believed-by the selection of the foam insulation material and the adhesive for attachment.  Foam insulation has come off the external tank on a majority of missions.  After 20 years of successful reentries with some tile damage, management became used to the risk.  Since NASA did not consider some damage to the tiles on launch a safety issue, it was only a slight stretch to conclude that Columbia would be okay, as well. 

Once again, over confidence and complacency have encouraged bad judgment.  Our weakness was not so much in our equipment as in our decision processes.  But management's honest and incorrect conclusion that the falling insulation caused little damage did not lead to the loss of the crew!  It was the long series of decisions by NASA management to continue launching Orbiters through shedding insulation that lead to loss of the Columbia and its crew.

Even if they had correctly concluded that the insulation had damaged the Orbiter's thermal Protection system enough to compromise reentry, there was absolutely nothing that could have been done to save the crew.  All those knowledgeable about space flight and the Space Shuttle know that.  When Shuttle Program Manager, Ron Dittemore, was honest enough to say so, NASA Administrator, Sean O'Keefe, took exception, saying, "To suggest that we would have done nothing is positively fallacious. If there had been . . . a clear indication (of problems) . . . there would have been no end to the efforts . . .."

O'Keefe, who has otherwise handled the Columbia disaster very well, was displaying three deficiencies: lack of space experience, lack of systems knowledge, and lack of awareness that, in manned spaceflight, it's only results that count, not efforts.  

During the Nineties, under continuous budget pressure, NASA delayed some scheduled safety improvements.  This reduced the emphasis on safety and contributed to an attitude of doing the job in spite of budget deficiencies.  So far, it does not appear to have played a direct role in the Columbia disaster.

Second guessers have had a field day speculating on what NASA could have done to save Columbia.  Even if we had known STS-107 was in trouble, all the second guessing schemes were virtually impossible, took dangerous shortcuts on procedures and training, and violated operating norms and mission rules developed over decades of spaceflight.  They would all have introduced more risk to an already hazardous undertaking.  

Let me repeat, there was absolutely nothing that could have been done to get STS-107 back!

There is no dearth of proposed hardware changes and/or operating restrictions to keep future Orbiters from suffering the fate of Columbia.  Most of the proposals for cockpit escape capsules, post-launch external inspections, and restricting orbiters to International Space Station (ISS) compatible orbits seem to lose sight of why the Space Shuttle was developed in the first place.  It was to carry large, heavy payloads and crews into near earth orbit on a routine basis.  It was not to be 100 percent foolproof and absolutely safe.  No country can afford such a luxury.  President Kennedy did not say, "We will make spaceflight absolutely safe in this decade and when it is safe, we will go to the moon."

Astronauts have always understood there is only so much that can be done to reduce the inherent risk in every space mission.  The thermal protection system has always been the weak underbelly of the Orbiter - its Achilles heel.  NASA should improve this critical system if possible but it might be easier to eliminate any possibility of damage from other parts of the launch system.  I mean the foam insulation on the external tank.

Retrofitting cockpit escape capsules to the Shuttle fleet would take years and cost billions.  One scheme would reduce the useful operating time by spending hours or days performing EVA inspections of the underside of each Orbiter following launch.  Restricting shuttle missions to ISS compatible orbits would exact a 30 percent payload penalty and greatly limit operational flexibility.  

NASA would be better off concentrating on a fix for the External Tank insulation problem and getting the Orbiters back in the air to do what they do best-fly.

Considering what it does, the Space Shuttle really has a good safety record.  It is certainly the safest manned space vehicle the U.S. has ever developed.  Its record of two failures in 113 missions translates into reliability greater than 98 percent-and management decisions could probably have avoided both of the failures.  Considering what the Space Shuttle has accomplished in the past 22 years opening up a new frontier, it has been a marvelously safe machine. How many died opening up the American West in the nineteenth century? How many aviation pioneers lost their lives in the 30 years before commercial aviation took off in the 1930s?

It's time we acknowledged that space is the most dangerous environment into which man has ever ventured.  There will always be risk associated with manned space flight.  There are also gains to be made from the exploration of space.  We should reduce the risk to the point where the gain to be made exceeds the perceived risk and then GET ON WITH THE JOB! 

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Chris Kraft letter to the editor on 25 May

Yes, he was right on! 

Much has been written about the Columbia accident, the whole gamut from some learned and some not so learned. However, Walter Cunningham's Outlook was, without question, the best I have read on the subject. He showed a thorough understanding of the issues and problems that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is facing. Hopefully, all those at NASA and on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, in Congress and at the White House will recognize the significance of his analysis. It was right on! 

Christopher C. Kraft Jr., former director, Johnson Space Center, Houston
 

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American Space Renaissance Act – To permanently secure the United States as the preeminent spacefaring nation.

As a military pilot, I can attest that our national security and our very way of life require both military and commercial space capabilities. Bridenstine
http://spacerenaissanceact.com/


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The X-37B: Exploring expanded capabilities for ISS missions | NASASpaceFlight.com

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/


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China Wants a Nuclear Space Shuttle by 2040

http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a13788331/chinas-future-space-plans/


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Doing Something Again For The First Time - NASA Watch

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D.C. Glide test

Sierra Nevada Satisfied with Dream Chaser Glide Test

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Apollo

Critical capability!

John Warren Goerger

4 hrs · 

America needs this!
Write your representative demanding NASA develop a new winged space shuttle able to take off (launch) & land from any international airport runway!!!
Increase NASA'S budget to at LEAST 3-5% of our Federal Budget for the next 5-7:yrs, with the stipulation that Private Industries, if learning that space is profitable, take over the major investing & manned space operations including developing & usage of lunar mining, settlements then NASA'S budget could be cutback to around 2-3% of the Federal Budget.

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Posing on your site

Maybe best answer is to just send to each other's email.
You have mine



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Fwd: [Keep the shuttle flying] New comment on New Free e-Books Available about 2 Famous NASA Spa....

Ok, sounds good---guess I need the proper address.

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New Free e-Books Available about 2 Famous NASA Space Telescopes

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Dream Chaser: Nasa to drop its wingless 'baby shuttle' from 12,500ft in upcoming test

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One Year Ago A Miracle Happened

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Dream Chaser into the window for major Approach & Landing Test milestone | NASASpaceFlight.com

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Models of shuttle, Apollo/LM, Gemini, Mercury , etc.

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Shuttle

‎Tod Richard Lauer‎ to Edu-Craft Diversions

22 hrs · 

Just finished the 1/144 Shuttle MLP, which now holds the model I built in the '80s.

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China Aims to Launch Reusable Space Plane by 2020

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Kraft on shuttle cancellation

image June 30, 2011 Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20546 Dear Administrator Bolden, We believe that the planned retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet after the flight of STS-135 next month will create an unacceptable flight risk for maintaining safe and reliable operations of the International Space Station (ISS). As you well know, the shuttles are the only spacecraft that can provide independent spacewalks for critical ISS repairs. If an incident or life support failure rendered the ISS uninhabitable, repair spacewalks to restore operations would not be possible from the space station. In a worst case scenario, deterioration and loss of systems on an abandoned ISS could result in an uncontrolled, catastrophic reentry with risks to populated areas around the world. This would have significant ramifications to foreign relations and liability for the United States, Russia and the other countries who participate as partners on the International Space Station. The recent near miss of space debris, which caused the ISS astronauts to seek shelter in the Soyuz spacecraft, is a reminder that a catastrophic accident is a stark possibility. This issue was the subject of a commentary article we co-authored, published in the June 12th edition of the New York Daily News, which is enclosed. The Space Shuttle fleet is the only spacecraft, now operating or under development, that is equipped with the airlocks, life support supplies and robotic arm needed to support the required two-person spacewalking repair crews. We believe the Space Shuttle fleet should be kept in service to provide the capability of independent repair spacewalks in the event that the International Space Station is crippled by a systems failure or accident. The Space Shuttles would also be available to support one or two logistics and science missions per year, provide unmatched capacity to return components and scientific experiments to Earth (with low gravitational loads on crew and cargo during reentry) and extend the reliability of space station operations with a Service Life Extension Program. The capability of the Space Shuttles to provide the independent repair spacewalks, critical for restoring operations on a disabled ISS, would also be vital for protecting the ISS cargo and crew transport business of the emerging commercial space industry. Keeping the shuttle fleet in service would also comply with a new, internationally accepted flight criteria that we believe should be established: Any object placed in orbit that is too large for an uncontrolled reentry must have a spacecraft available to support independent EVA repairs. To maintain this vital life safety margin for long-term ISS operations we are requesting the following: * Congress should request an immediate, 3 week, impartial study and hold emergency hearings on this matter. * In these hearings, Congress should consider passing emergency legislation ordering NASA to halt all work on modifying the Space Shuttle fleet for museum display. Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour should be stored at Kennedy Space Center in the Orbiter Processing Facility and maintained in such a manner as to keep them flightworthy. Moreover, the Vehicle Assembly Building, Crawler-Transporters, Launch Complex 39-A, Shuttle Landing Facility and other facilities and support equipment needed for Space Shuttle operations should be maintained in place to support future Space Shuttle flights. * NASA and its International Space Station partners should consider the shared responsibility of developing funding solutions for the continued operation of the Space Shuttle fleet to ensure the long-term safety of space station operations. NASA led plans, as well as commercial alternatives to operate the shuttles commercially, should be presented to Congress and considered to reduce costs and budget impacts. * To avoid any gap in providing independent repair spacewalks as a safety contingency for the space station, Congress, NASA and the ISS partners should evaluate the option of postponing the launch of STS - 135 until more external fuel tanks and other parts can be built to support additional shuttle flights in 2012. We appreciate your consideration of our recommendation for NASA and Congress to take immediate action to reverse the retirement of the Space Shuttles. The Space Shuttles are the only solution for restoring space station operations with independent spacewalk repair capabilities. Given the risks and liabilities for NASA and the ISS partners if the International Space Station is crippled by a systems failure or accident, the Space Shuttles are too valuable an asset to be retired into museums. Sincerely, Christopher C. Kraft Former Director of NASA Manned Spaceflight Center Houston, Texas Scott R. Spencer Transportation Management Consultant Wilmington, Delaware Endorsed by: Robert L. Crippen, Pilot STS-1, Commander (STS-7, STS-41C & STS-41G) Frederick H. Hauck, Pilot STS-7, Commander (STS-51A & STS-26) Walter Cunningham, LM Pilot, Apollo 7 Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, Apollo 11 James A. Lovell, Jr., Commander, Apollo 13 Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 Gene Kranz, Director of Mission Operations - Flight Director Tom Moser, NASA Space Station Program Director John W. Robinson, Chairman, Space Propulsion Synergy Team cc: President Barack Obama Vice President Joseph Biden U.S. Senator Bill Nelson U.S. Representative Ralph Hall Why we must save the space shuttle: If the Int'l Space Station is disabled, we need a rescue fleet BY CHRISTOPHER KRAFT AND SCOTT SPENCER, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, June 12, 2011 For more than 10 years, space crews from the United States, Russia and other countries have successfully lived and worked year round, in six-month shifts, on the International Space Station, where they have conducted scientific research. In the coming years, that work will continue - but with a crucial safeguard missing: the space shuttle fleet that gives human beings a unique capability to fix the space station's guidance system and rocket thrusters in the event of a terrible failure. The shuttles are now about to retire - all of them, with no true replacements. This is an extremely dangerous development. Loss of control of the space station would mean a catastrophic reentry into the Earth's atmosphere of the massive structure - the largest object ever placed in orbit around the Earth, measuring over three football fields long and weighing more than 400 tons. The tons of falling debris that would survive reentry would pose an unprecedented threat to populated areas around the world. Such an international catastrophe would have significant ramifications for foreign relations and liability for the United States, Russia and the other countries who participate as partners on the space station. To be sure, the space station has numerous, triple-redundant life support and control systems that makes such a total technical failure unlikely. However, to say that it is so redundant that it could never happen ignores the tragic lessons learned due to the overconfidence in fail-safe technology in disasters throughout history, from the sinking of the Titanic to the nuclear reactor crisis in Japan. In fact, the numerous space station backup systems offer little margin of safety in the event of damage from a fire, space junk impact or a potential collision from the more frequent docking of manned and unmanned commercial spacecraft resupply missions. If the life support, guidance systems or rocket thrusters are damaged, the station could need a rapid rescue mission to stay in orbit. And as repair vehicles, the space shuttles have unique capabilities. It's true that pallets on the space station are packed with spare parts needed for critical repairs, but none of them could be installed to repair and regain control and use of the $100 billion space station if it is deemed uninhabitable for repair crews. In that case, an independent repair spacecraft will be needed. And the Russian Soyuz space capsules and other commercial space capsules that are intended to replace the space shuttles lack the life support systems needed for the multiple six-hour repair spacewalks. Only the space shuttles have the vital airlocks and life-support supplies - as well as the robotic arm that is needed to move the hardware necessary for the required two-person spacewalking repair crews. Before the last scheduled shuttle flight lifts off early next month, an urgent discussion needs to take place between the United States and its International Space Station partners to keep the shuttle fleet in service to provide a vital safety margin for repairing the space station in the event of a critical systems failure. In fact, to prevent any gap in this crucial repair capability, we urge NASA to delay the last shuttle launch so that additional external fuel tanks and other parts can be built to support additional shuttle flights in 2012. We also request that Congress hold hearings on this matter. The space shuttle fleet provides the only insurance against a catastrophic reentry of the space station. With such valuable equipment in orbit - and the dangers should that equipment fall to Earth - it is never wise to play Russian roulette in space. Kraft is the former director of NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston. Spencer is a transportation management consultant in Wilmington, Del.

Letter From Astronauts and Apollo Veterans Regarding Space Shuttle Retirement and Risk to ISS Operations

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=37583


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China’s secretive spaceplane may launch in 2020 | Ars Technica

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The Space Review: More problems for big space telescopes

Interesting, no mention of shuttle capability used to fix Hubble & the fact Hubble could be maintained longer if anyone in bush/obama adm had the proper attitude toward our space preeminence! Bm


http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3359/1


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Celebrating a Stellar Life and Career: Remembering Jay Greene | NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pretty damn good!

Jim Rice

23 hrs · 

I saw this post on FB and had to share it. It would be good if you shared to help the misguided, and poorly informed. (JRice)

WHAT HAS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DONE SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE ……
1. Supreme Court Judge Gorsuch
2. 59 missiles dropped in Syria
3. He took us out of TPP
4. Illegal immigration is now down 70%( the lowest in 17 years)
5. Consumer confidence highest since 2000 at index 125.6
6. Mortgage applications for new homes rise to a seven year high
7. Arranged from 7% to 24% Tariff on lumber from Canada
8. Bids for border wall are well underway
9. Pulled out of the lopsided Paris accord
10. Keystone pipeline approved
11. NATO allies boost spending by 4.3%
12. Allowing VA to terminate bad employees
13. Allowing private healthcare choices for veterans
14. More than 600,000. Jobs created
15. Median household income at a 7 year high
16. The Stock Market is at the highest ever in its history
17. China agreed to American import of beef
18. $89 Billion saved in regulation rollbacks
19. Rollback of A Regulation to boost coal mining
20. MOAB for ISIS
21. Travel ban reinstated
22. Executive order for religious freedom
23. Jump started NASA
24. $600 million cut from UN peacekeeping budget
25. Targeting of MS13 gangs
26. Deporting violent illegal immigrants
27. Signed 41 bills to date
28. Created a commission on child trafficking
29. Created a commission on voter fraud
30. Created a commission for opioids addiction
31. Giving power to states to drug test unemployment recipients
32. Unemployment lowest since May 2007
33. Historic Black College University initiative
34. Women In Entrepreneurship Act
35. Created an office for illegal immigrant crime victims
36. Reversed Dodd-Frank
37. Repealed DOT ruling which would have taken power away from local governments for infrastructure planning
38. Order to stop crime against law enforcement
39. End of DAPA program
40. Stopped companies from moving out of America
41. Promoted businesses to create American Jobs
42. Encouraged country to once again – 'Buy American and hire American'
43. Cutting regulations – 2 for every one created
45. Review of all trade agreements to make sure they are America first
46. Apprentice program
47. Highest manufacturing surge in 3 years
48. $78 Billion promised reinvestment from major businesses like Exxon, Bayer, Apple, SoftBank, Toyota
49. Denied FBI a new building
50. $700 million saved with F-35 renegotiation
51. Saves $22 million by reducing white house payroll
52. Dept of Treasury reports a $182 billion surplus for April 2017 (2nd largest in history)
53. Negotiated the release of 6 US humanitarian workers held captive in Egypt
54. Gas prices lowest in more than 12 years
55. Signed An Executive Order To Promote Energy Independence and Economic Growth
56. Has already accomplished more to stop government interference into people's lives than any President in the history of America
57. President Trump has worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any President since Truman
58. Has given head executive of each branches 6 month time frame, dated March 15, 2017, to trim the fat, restructure and improve efficiency of their branch. (Observe the push-back the leaks the lies as entrenched POWER refuses to go silently into that good night!)
59. Last, refused his Presidential pay check. Donated it to Veterans issues
I hope each and every one of you copy and paste this every where, every time you hear some dimwit say Trump hadn't done a thing! Bob Sr.
Ray Schneider, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus
Bridgewater College
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It took 32 years for the 3 prior administrations to totally destroy this nation and her people, and Trump's first 6 months to begin a major unwind of all the prior traitorous issues.
Pretty da*n good for the first 6 months – wouldn't you say?
We owe President Trump a sincere debt of our gratitude.

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Capabilities critical to USA !

Unique Capabilities critical to USA !
Go figure, we had in shuttle UNIQUE capabilities, that were the envy of the world.
We could accomplish tasks in EO that had not been accomplished by any other country, & by operating shuttle, we improved the following:
1. Improved designs for various systems & mfg. & test capabilities
2. Created tens of thousands of excellent jobs
3. Supported iss & maintained an improved safety state than is presently being done re Kraft letter on placing Iss in danger w/ o shuttle
4. Provided the option by maintaining a STS to accomplish important EO tasks, & to explore universe by placing exploration modules in EO.
5. Improve Iss research by providing equipment & supplies that can not be done with Soyuz & cargo transportation system.
6. By maintaining a multiplicity of operations & a dynamic program, provided a Dream for our youth to strive for.
7. Developed approaches/techniques for military operations in EO which are critical to the capabilities of national security
But, after spending billions , we scrap the effort, & develop capsule approach that will not be manned for several more years, & when it is will not come CLOSE to shuttle capabilities, meanwhile WE pay Russia.
Whole deal TOTALLY NONSENSICAL--- seem our leaders in Congress have lost their minds!!!!
Plus our less than useless potus!

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The Space Review: Some commentary about the National Space Council’s inaugural meeting (part 2)

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3354/1


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VIDEO: Come Onboard For The Last Power-Up of a Space Shuttle | Avgeekery.com - News and stories by Aviation Professionals

http://www.avgeekery.com/video-come-onboard-for-the-last-power-up-of-a-space-shuttle/


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We must maintain this capability! X37C or shuttle, or whatever!!!!!!!

Control of Space

People, read carefully, & take action! Thanks, Jim Worrall, for reminding us as to importance of maintaining preeminent capabilities--- our future depends on it.
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Whomever Controls Space, Controls the Earth Below It
China is using stolen cutting edge western technology and money earned through unfair trade practices to rapidly build a premier space program.
If that weren't enough of an advantage, America has crippled NASA with tiny budgets and the destruction of our Space Shuttle.
I was disappointed, but not surprised, the Obama regime sabotaged our Space program but I expected a Republican administration to rapidly rebuild our Space Capacity.
Controling Earth's Orbit and Low Earth's Orbit is vital to our strategic interests. The welfare of our grandchildren depends upon how we meet the challenge posed by Russia and China today.
We must educate our political representatives to the vital importance we control space. Please join me in calling your Congressman and Senators. If they won't support our Space program they need to be replaced. The Capital Switchboard will connect you with your Congressman and Senators, 202-224-3121.
GOD bless you,
Jim Worrall

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The X-37B: Exploring expanded capabilities for ISS missions | NASASpaceFlight.com

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/


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Space Growing More Contested for Military, Experts Say

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/space-growing-contested-military-experts-say


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The Space Review: Moon, milspace, and beyond

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3346/1


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Why the Trump administration wants to return to the moon in partnership with industry - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/05/pence-calls-for-a-return-to-the-moon-in-partnership-with-industry/?utm_term=.eba4c0b8b0e8


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National Space Council calls for human return to the moon - SpaceNews.com

http://spacenews.com/national-space-council-calls-for-human-return-to-the-moon/


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Vice President Mike Pence: “America Will Return to the Moon—and Go Beyond" | whitehouse.gov

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/10/05/vice-president-mike-pence-america-will-return-moon—and-go-beyond


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Abbey sums it up!

Abbey sums it up in Lost in Space , Washington Examiner.
The USA needs this capability operational!

First National Space Council meeting will hear Trump 'vision for space' | AL.com

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/09/first_national_space_council_m.html#incart_river_home?li_source=base&li_medium=default-widget


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Lost in space

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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A critical capability in museum!

A Pioneering NASA Administrator | Daily Planet | Air & Space Magazine

http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/pioneering-nasa-administrator-180964885/


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American Space Renaissance Act – To permanently secure the United States as the preeminent spacefaring nation.

http://spacerenaissanceact.com/


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The mysterious X-37B: What's the Air Force's mini-shuttle all about?

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/09/06/mysterious-air-force-x-37-b-about-spacex-falcon-9-launch-kennedy-space-center-florida/637131001/


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SpaceX launches X-37B space plane from KSC on secret mission

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/09/07/spacex-launches-military-space-plane-ksc-secret-mission/641005001/


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Control of space!

Jim Worrall shared your post.

11 mins · 

Whomever Controls Space, Controls the Earth Below It

China is using stolen cutting edge western technology and money earned through unfair trade practices to rapidly build a premier space program. 

If that weren't enough of an advantage, America has crippled NASA with tiny budgets and the destruction of our Space Shuttle.

I was disappointed, but not surprised, the Obama regime sabotaged our Space program but I expected a Republican administration to rapidly rebuild our Space Capacity.

Controling Earth's Orbit and Low Earth's Orbit is vital to our strategic interests. The welfare of our grandchildren depends upon how we meet the challenge posed by Russia and China today.

We must educate our political representatives to the vital importance we control space. Please join me in calling your Congressman and Senators. If they won't support our Space program they need to be replaced. The Capital Switchboard will connect you with your Congressman and Senators, 202-224-3121.

GOD bless you,

Jim Worrall

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China’s Surging Military Space Program - Space Quarterly Archives - SpaceQ

http://spaceq.ca/chinas-surging-military-space-program-space-quarterly-archives/


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Air Force preparing to launch fifth Orbital Test Vehicle mission

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=51434


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American Space Renaissance Act – To permanently secure the United States as the preeminent spacefaring nation.

http://spacerenaissanceact.com/


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Rep. Jim Bridenstine nominated as next NASA administrator | News OK

http://newsok.com/article/5562582


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U.S. Air Force taps SpaceX to launch next X-37B spaceplane mission – Spaceflight Now

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/06/06/u-s-air-force-taps-spacex-to-launch-next-x-37b-spaceplane-mission/


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The Space Review: The need for new space-based missile defense systems

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3313/1


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The Space Review: Why the US must lead again (page 1)

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3307/1


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NASA reveal 'Dream Chaser' set to take cargo into orbit | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4820914/The-return-shuttle-Dream-Chaser-set-blastoff.html


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Needed capability!

The Hubble Space Telescope makes the point. Twenty-five years ago, on April 25, the space shuttle Discovery put the Hubble into orbit around Earth. In its quarter century of star gazing, Hubble has significantly altered the world's perception of the cosmos and furthered humankind's understanding of the universe. It has revealed previously unattainable properties of space and time. It is a unique scientific facility that continues to provide new views of the heavens and opens the door to discoveries.

But Hubble is more than just an outstanding science facility. It is living testimony to the value of humans in space and an incredible example of how humans and robotics can complement each other to achieve spectacular results.

Lost in Space by Abbey

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Still needed

American Space Renaissance Act – To permanently secure the United States as the preeminent spacefaring nation.

http://spacerenaissanceact.com/


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NASA may finally be getting a leader—Oklahoma pilot Jim Bridenstine | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/nasa-may-finally-be-getting-a-leader-oklahoma-pilot-jim-bridenstine/?comments=1


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The Space Review: Why the US must lead again (page 1)

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3307/1


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DC hasn’t come to grips with Trump’s presidency | New York Post

http://nypost.com/2017/08/12/dc-hasnt-come-to-grips-with-trumps-presidency/


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Check Firemancooler Suit blog Firemancoolersuit,blogspot.com

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Space-age Suits - Space-age Suits | HowStuffWorks

http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/nasa-inventions/nasa-save-firefighters1.htm


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Lost in space

Abbey is correct on EO Capabilities
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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The X-37B: Exploring expanded capabilities for ISS missions | NASASpaceFlight.com

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?
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/


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Trump's Space Council Head is a SpaceX Skeptic | Inverse

Part of Pace's doubts seem to stem from how badly SpaceX has managed to meet so many of its deadlines over the last decade. Nowhere is this clearer than in NASA's Commercial Crew Program, in which SpaceX (along with Boeing) are developing commercial spaceflight vehicles to allow the United States to once again use American spacecraft to send astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit.

Those vehicles were

 supposed to be ready for human spaceflight years ago. It's 2017 and we're still waiting.

https://www.inverse.com/article/35282-trump-space-council-head-spacex-skeptic-elon-musk

The Space Review: Black ops and the shuttle (part 2): Reconnaissance missions in the space shuttle, from WASP to ZEUS

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3302/1


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X37C

We must develop X37C!
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? Jim Hillhouse AS

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Why Russia and China Should Fear the X-37B Space Plane | The National Interest Blog

. An expanded X-37B capability may be an answer to defending these vital assets through providing close-in escorting capabilities that can respond to an approaching threat before it can close within range of its target. For the US to take a step towards the weaponization of space is a policy dilemma for Washington and has implications on space security, both of which will considered in a subsequent article.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-russia-china-should-fear-the-x-37b-space-plane-18099?page=2


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S/b conducting these operations today but have had decades of weak leaders!

This is Our Sputnik Moment & The Moon Will Ensure U.S. Preeminence in Space | U.S. House of Representatives

https://bridenstine.house.gov/space/?postid=756


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Stafford Air & Space Museum - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Air_%26_Space_Museum


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We must control Space !

How can you take our accomplishments in space & just act like oh that is history?

When anyone with half a brain knows the USA must be preeminent in space to survive!

Regardless of what Trump & Pence say, we are not expanding or even maintaining our 2011 capabilities!!!!

You better take action!!

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Lack of capabilities!

Look at all we have accomplished in Space, from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle ---- now we have to use Russia to get to ISS! Totally nonsensical, all due to an excessive number of mentally deficient liberals in the US government! Look at healthcare & North Korea ---- wake up & get libs out including RINO's BEFORE too late.!!  
Also, shuttle replacement , Commercial crew, an inferior approach ( except Dreamchaser)) is underfunded!!

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USA space capability ( or lack of) !

With adequate leaders, this amazing vehicle would operational today as well as Apollo!!!

NASA - JSC’s Historic Vacuum Chamber Ready to Test Hubble’s Successor

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/chamber_test.html


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Moon bases

With proper leadership, program would be operational!!

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Sierra Nevada confirms ULA will launch first two Dream Chaser cargo missions – Spaceflight Now

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/22/sierra-nevada-awaiting-direction-from-nasa-confirms-ula-will-launch-first-two-dream-chaser-cargo-missions/


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Fwd: Can Trump Really Make America Great Again?

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Begin forwarded message:

From: "Charles Payne" <CharlesPayne@Investorplace.com>
Date: July 25, 2017 at 8:03:08 AM CDT
To: Bobby  <bobbygmartin1938@gmail.com>
Subject: Can Trump Really Make America Great Again?
Reply-To: CharlesPayne@Investorplace.com

Fellow American, Can President Trump deliver on his promise to Make America Great Again? That's the question everyone is asking right now. My name is Charles Payne, and you may know me from my show on Fox Business News or my regular appearances on Fox News. But I'm writing today to share what I can't tell you on TV. So here's the truth about President Trump's ambitious plans… We are on the cusp of a new era that is going to help America once again achieve greatness and return to her place as the strongest and most powerful economy in the world. Don't be distracted by the healthcare drama consuming Washington and the liberal media—there is something much more important happening that most people are overlooking… President Trump has already acted quickly to slash regulations that were crushing businesses, killing jobs and holding back spending. His America-first focus has unleashed a new optimism that has sent the markets to new highs and has consumer confidence soaring. And now is the perfect time to get on board with the companies that will profit from the President's plans to rebuild America. I've just released a brand-new report with all the details, and I'm making it available free for the next 24 hours. I urge you to click here now to read it immediately. Read my special free report, Making America Great Again: 3 Companies Rebuilding America, to discover the companies leading the charge: Massive government and corporate spending will mean new projects at factories, businesses, schools, and more. And this all-star company provides a mission-critical service that will be at the center of it all. Get its name and my full analysis here. Increased goods being made in America, supplies needed for infrastructure projects and increased coal production all have one thing in common—they all need transportation to get from point A to B. This company will be one of the prime beneficiaries. Wall Street is taking notice too, and the stock is already headed higher on a series of upgrades. Private sector companies, utilities, government and even homeowners will all be turning to this company to supply critical tools necessary for the projects ahead. I'm looking for this juggernaut to deliver a huge gains in the next two years. Get on board before the "Trump Train" sends it out of reach! There aren't many sure things in life but this is one of them: We are a nation of builders and innovators and there is no stopping the American drive when it's unleashed. With President Trump getting government the heck out of the way, stirring optimism and focusing on America first, we can make America great again. And the three companies I detail in this brand new report are leading the charge. All three are at the top of my buy list and you can get my full analysis on each absolutely free for the next 24 hours. Read it now. Yours for Smarter Investing, Charles Payne InvestorPlace Media, LLC. 9201 Corporate Blvd, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20850

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