The End Of US Manned Spaceflight Looms Ever Closer
Larry,

Here are some things to consider while you're looking up:

http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/07/15/1811228.shtml?tid=134&tid=160

This leads to several articles. In http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-03zj1.html the author makes a number of amazing assertions, including:

"The basic Atlas V costs only a little more
than the $60M Shuttle external tank!"

"Since many people still think that manned space
flight is some kind of measure of national power
(thank you, Nikita Khrushchev!) the first Chinese
flight will produce another Sputnik Shock and pressure
to continue a spectacular US manned program will be
irresistible."

Do the conclusions in "A Modest Proposal" seem reasonable?

Dan
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Thanks Dan - LRK -