On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:35:01 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Greg Kuperberg) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

In article ,
Jorge R. Frank wrote:
So who exactly do you think will be brave enough to take responsibility
for keeping the shuttle flying past 2010?
Currently we have a fixed date to stop flights,
The "fixed" date is in fact completely arbitrary, so stretching it will not
require much bravery.

It would require the courage, or maybe the cowardice, to contradict a
direct and explicit promise from the President of the United States to
the American people.

laughing

Try not to be such an ass, Gregg. Stating a policy is not a "direct
and explicit promise to the American people." The president didn't
stand up there and say "Read my lips! No Shuttle flights after 2010!"

You're one of the few "American people" who give a rat's patoot. He
just stated that this was the new policy. Policies can always change,
if necessitated by events. Particularly after the president that made
them has left office...