One would hope. Although a new platform, as we all here know perhaps
more than most, is going to have more bugs than the 22 year old shuttle
platform. Still, hopefully they'll start funding SSTO more.
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 07:40 PM, Mike Ford wrote:
As sick as it
seems... these kind of accidents are exactly what brings
about the safer ways of doing things.
My only hope is that this results in a push for a new vehicle design,
not a general pulling away from manned space.