It served it purpose well, getting satellites into precision orbit, being able to repair them in space and trucking parts to the ISS.
The problem is that the tech is getting old, and there's no immediate replacement. We'll need a whole new breed of workhorse to move equipment and manpower to build moon colonies and beyond. Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:59 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Discovery Importance: Low > Nick wrote: > I think space exploration is a very useful endeavor. I would love to see us > colonize other worlds. > I agree! I just think the shuttle does squat to further that goal. We should work towards a base on the moon similar to the ones on Antarctica. They should have telescopes, etc and we should be looking for ways to develop technology that allow humans to easily survive in those conditions. I don't see how the shuttle does anything for anything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166433 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
