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Successors (principally the James Webb) will finally be canceled to fund muslim outreach. Hubble telescope doomed without shuttle to repair it - sometime between 2019-2032. At which time, China will determine what the US does or does not launch into LEO.
Expect these things to happen in Obama’s second term - or in his third, but definitely by his fourth term when space will be something which happens in other countries and in the US will be the distance from one ear to the other.
USA enters space with a bang, but goes out silently - not even with a whimper.
If Obama gets his third term, he better not parade down Pennsylvania avenue.