[dtel]

The Shuttle was designed in the late 60's, early 70's, it is a Flying Camel.
It was and is a horse designed by a commitee.
It was re-engineered to haul seven different people of diffenrent ethnic persuasions into space.
It was re-engineered, so as to be so simple to fly that they could even launch school teachers, professors, et al., into space.
PC' ism at its finest.
Design craft mission specific, scrap the teachers and let's explore space.
Otherwise can it.

[Bob Mc]

And is currently being maintained and operated by people prefentially chosen based on their contribution to the "diversity" of the group, not by who is the most qualified.

[LasVegasMac]

It was re-engineered to haul seven different people of diffenrent ethnic persuasions into space.

It was re-engineered, so as to be so simple to fly that they could even launch school teachers, professors, et al., into space.

PC' ism at its finest.

Talk about hot gas.

VLM

[_Jim]

The Shuttle was designed in the late 60's, early 70's, it is a Flying Camel.

And it's been CONSTANTLY improved and re-designed since then.

UNTIL you have a chance to repeal certain laws of physics - the basic PROBLEMS of space flight remain and your APPROACH to solving certain problems will remain along THE SAME LINES as the space shuttle ...

[SierraWasp]

"PC' ism at its finest."

You left out... The foam insulation was re-engineered to eliminate freon from the process to protect the ozone hole that has closed by it'self... yada, yada, yada...

I still think the ice chuncks and foam stuff hit that Reinforced Carbon Carbon (RCC) leading edge and shattered it just enough. The EnviroNuts caused the unnecessary deaths for absolutely no good reason!!! (IMO)