tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post825613615699412735..comments2023-06-19T23:26:32.126+10:00Comments on QuantumG's Blog: The Gap MythQuantumGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-56315577380513138492010-07-30T20:06:23.847+10:002010-07-30T20:06:23.847+10:00So what you're saying is it's all about pr...So what you're saying is it's all about preeminence? If that's the case, stop bagging the Russians to make yourself feel better.QuantumGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-58697860905759262052010-07-13T08:01:27.884+10:002010-07-13T08:01:27.884+10:00Kind of a moot point. Yeah the shuttle was schedu...Kind of a moot point. Yeah the shuttle was scheduled to retire about now, and Soyuz or Orion weer supposed to be used as the Lifeboat/crew transport after that. But the point of concern of the gap is without shuttle or something, NASA can't launch people anymore. It will have no ships of any kind, so really it will stop being a real maned space program like post Apollo, but with no follow on in sight. Even worse then that, it will be forced to buy rides on the soviet Russian developed Soyuz ships that were in our shadows '60's.Kelly Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859020384869273575noreply@blogger.com