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Originally posted by alacrity024
if that's the way it is, i guess he has my support.. but i think he's doing it for the wrong reason. it seems like he'd be pushing our space program more aggressively to divert attention from more important matters?
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Somebody's always going to claim that. This decision has been long in coming, so I don't buy the accusation. But I don't want to confuse the issue - I was curious about other opinions on whether or not it's right for NASA.
The idea is to focus less on orbital stuff and more on exploring further out - the moon, and then Mars. Replace the shuttle with an exploration vehicle that's meant to carry people to other places instead of just carrying cargo to space.
What I'm not sure about is what they plan to do for heavy lifting. The shuttle is the only vehicle capable of carrying things like the Hubble or large space station components. Not to mention our spy satellites.