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Originally Posted by Martian
Neil Degrasse Tyson said it best. The sad part isn't the shuttle program ending, but rather that there's nothing to replace it.
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Exactly.
The excitement and desire to explore space that was present in the 50's, 60's and 70's has been replaced with apathy and future programs will never even get off the ground due to budetary constraints.
Oh, there may be the odd probe or two, and there is the International Space Station that the Russians can get to with 50 year old rockets, however, there is not going to be any "next step" probably in our lifetimes.
The political will simply is not there.
Sad, because of all the things that the US does in this world (good and bad) the Space Program was one of, if not THEE most noble.