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Originally Posted by Platapus
Exactly, some people think that this the end of the US space program.
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For a lot of people, STS is the only part of the space program they remember seeing. There's a lot more of the space program. There's a rover on Mars still running, plus countless other manned missions ongoing or being prepared. But shuttle is what people think of when they hear NASA.
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Originally Posted by Platapus
We need to build a new system capable of more than the existing STS.
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Just so long as it's not another flags and footprints mission, but a lasting first step this time around.