Kranz on the Gap
Missing out on outer space, Gene Kranz, op ed, The Hill
“Our nation now faces a similar gap in manned space flight if our political and congressional leaders dont act soon. In 2010, after completing the assembly of the space station and restoring the Hubble space telescope to many more years of scientific achievement, the shuttle fleet will stand down, initiating a more than four-year hiatus in U.S. human access to space.”