Yes, one could propose to scrap the shuttle and even the ISS, because they
aren't awefully cheap or effective to run but NOT until something better has
been put in place, otherwise you'll probably end up with nothing to fly in
the current climate of half baked ideas and unfinished concepts.

Kris
my Energia HLLV site:www.k26.com/buran/

"Alexander Sheppard" wrote in message
om...
I wrote the following article for the student paper,

http://www.technicianonline.com/0123...2_sheppard.php

As a side note, the editor's intro line at the top has basically
nothing to do with what I say in the article, and is in fact wrong. Oh
well.