Re:Space Accidents (Score 1)

It can't be made safe enough? I call bullshit, the basic design is sound even if it was designed by committee and with a huge investment and time I'm sure it could be made as safe as you can get in space travel. The safety of the craft it self doesn't even come into play on the reason its being scrapped. Not really, after all the main reason STS is going away is because it will no longer serve a purpose after the ISS is complete. Certainly not if we want to go back to the moon, and certainly not if we want to go to Mars. Then there is the cost which also plays into why its being scrapped. If it couldn't be made safe on the other hand I doubt we'd still be flying it if safety was THAT much of a concern.