On 13 Apr 2005 07:42:03 -0700, wrote:

Well, I don't think Congress will do either (most likely the shuttle
will stop flying in 2010 and CEV will never happen), but if they did
decide to bring CEV forward and gave NASA the money to do so, they
could blame NASA if they lost one. If they ignored Bush and told NASA
to keep the shuttle flying after 2010, they'd be the ones blamed,
instead... after all, having lost two, 'everyone' knows the shuttle is
a death-trap now.

Bush won't be around in 2010, no matter what he said in his first
term. Blaming him would actually work quite well, since he's the one
who didn't press Congress to fund a replacement in time.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
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