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Originally Posted by cookie8
Can NASA call this a progression or a step backward? What do you think?
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I think in retrospect you could call the entire shuttle program a step backwards from the apollo days. They gained a re-usable vehicle, but they lost the ability to go beyond earth orbit, they lost the ability for heavy lift, and the shuttle has proven to be very costly where it counts the most - the loss of human lives.
I see the return to rockets like Ares 1 as a step back in the right direction.