Lord Helmet

I'm sad to see the shuttle go, but remember that it was a financial failure: it was supposed to lower the cost of access to space, with a shuttle flight every week, but this didn't happen. I'm glad the private sector is emerging to commercialize space, which will lower costs and increase access for everyone.

We never had a space shuttle program. It was all done on a sound stage. You could totally see the strings!

While the shuttle was never flown nearly as often as originally envisioned and it was also considerably more expensive than proposed, I do feel we are taking a step backwards now that the remaining fleet has been retired.