[greasepaint]

The space shuttle should be replaced with a craft that
would resemble an expanded, reusable(decent portion),
land(soyuz style) / sea(apollo style) landable soyuz
type vehicle. I think there would be a huge improvement
in safety and a reduction in cost.

[org.whodat]

The space shuttle should be replaced with a craft that would resemble an expanded, reusable(decent portion), land(soyuz style) / sea(apollo style) landable soyuz type vehicle. I think there would be a huge improvement in safety and a reduction in cost.

Something like putting rubber tires on a horse buggie, yes, that should really put us into a new learning curve.