A Congressman and an Astronaut Propose a New Plan

MarkWhittington writes: "Reflecting a rising discontent with the state of the U.S. space program in the wake of the last space shuttle mission, Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, and Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham have proposed a new space plan that addresses space exploration, the role of commercial space, and reform of NASA."

We need to do something...

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I am still stunned that our president and congress put us into a position where we have to pay for rides to the ISS for a zillion dollars a seat, with no other alternative. We've had 30 years to design the next big thing. What happened?

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I'm stunned that Americans complain about finally being able to send their astronauts to the ISS for a basement bargain price of a mere $55mio, instead of being forced to pay $210mio for each astronaut sent to space using the Shuttle (which cost $1500mio per launch) - with only 3 out of the 7 (whom you paid for) getting to spend some quality time in space on board of the ISS.