Crowman1979
Or at least a decent manned space program, with colonies (maybe not the big ones, but still, colonies) at the Moon, and maybe even at Mars... And I suspect the space program, would have made for some better space veicheles than we today have... Maybe even gotten a decent Space Orbiter, who full fill the job far better than the old Space Shuttle ever would have been dreaming on..
After all, I doubt we will have any less need of a space shuttle, or at least a far more advanced orbiter the next 20 or so years - as the ISS is just the start for adventures into the stars - and for making that happening, we need a orbiter who is far more advanced and can do more than the current ideas give us.. The only space vessel who might could do the trick was the Space Shuttle - and that is retired and will never fly again..
What "we" as in the human race need, is a NG version of the space shuttle - a far more secure, more advanced, with all the necessary bang and vessels - with the knowledge about orbiters that NASA have gained over the last 30 or so years with the Space Shuttle.. After all, no other agency have the same knowledge how to work the Space Shuttle, and therefore might also can give advices how to make a far safer and more advanced one - with all the new and advances allows out there, it should be able to at least try to make a safer shuttle than we had today... And it might also cost less, even thought that would be a dream...
Diclotican
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