Griffin: Shuttle-CEV Gap Unacceptable

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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That's not really a useful comparison.

Geez, Rand. I could say the night sky is black and you'd disagree.

It's a lot easer to shut
something down (ignoring the politics, of course) than to create
something.

Politics can't be ignored, particularly when the projects under discussion
are politically driven. It is much more difficult to shut something down
when political interests are involved - base closures, for example, are very
hard fought. The fight will be no easier when the time comes to shut down
STS.

And there's also the reality that the shuttle flight schedule *will* slip,
pushing retirement out who knows how many years? It's inevitable.

-Kim-