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America's mighty space fleet is sent into retirement


Source: The Atlantic

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RE: NASA & SpaceX
By Reclaimer77 on 3/29/2012 7:35:08 PM , Rating: 2
Actually, the Soviets relied more on dumb luck and a willingness to just strap whatever the hell they had handy

I find this an ironic statement since we've placed our ability to get into orbit in the Soviets "dumb luck" hands because we've retired our "obsolete and unreliable" shuttle lol.

Not that the space shuttle wasn't a phenomenal piece of engineering. If they were to try to design it today it wouldn't get done (which is why we don't have a replacement).

Totally agree.

To clarify I agree with the OP about SpaceX and other capitalistic ventures. I fully believe that privatization and the same entrepreneurial spirit that spurned mankind's development here on Earth is crucial to our future in space. I just have tremendous respect and admiration for what the Shuttle was, what it represented, and what it did.

