[VaSteve]

I'm not going to defend everything NASA does but Return to Flight is a big deal at the agency.

I myself wondered why once we went to the moon, we every needed to go into space again.

While the execution may not be as great as we'd have liked today, the program and missions of NASA gives people inspiration. The people who wanted to be astronauts and stuff (if t hey stuck with it) work for NASA now. Have you ever watched the NASA channel - those guys get wood crashing a satellite into a comet.

There is a lot of national pride tied up in our space program, people from all over the world are watching us (for a good reason this time!!)

Hey Mike (IROC), I'll be in Huntsville in September. I'm looking you up!