Who Cares About the Partners
Lost in Space, Scientific American
“If NASA limits the number of shuttle flights to the station to six or seven–enough to finish the core assembly–the freed-up funds could bolster both human and robotic exploration. NASA could accelerate the development of the CEV and new heavy-lift rockets intended to launch components for interplanetary missions as well as modules for the space station. A 2004 study commissioned by the Planetary Society advocated exactly this strategy; one of the leaders of the study team, Mike Griffin, became NASA’s administrator in April. We urge Griffin to put this plan into effect.”
