> 30 year old technology is often still in use because it works.
I agree, but you forgot that, in this case, 30+ years technology is in use because american adminisration is more interested in war and weapons than in science and space exploration. There is more money in US (gov. funds) now than ever and all we can see is NASA's budget shrinking each year and new war operations starting (each year). Lives are lost, space programs are halted (compared to 60s and 70s). Don't tell me that technology is not developing in general. These are results of new US administration policies. They can't care less about NASA and they can't care more about how to lay their hands on Saddam's oil, over hundreds of innocent victims... I think all this makes shuttle disaster even more horrible. Very sad day for humankind.
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> 30 year old technology is often still in use because it works.
I agree, but you forgot that, in this case, 30+ years technology is in use because american adminisration is more interested in war and weapons than in science and space exploration. There is more money in US (gov. funds) now than ever and all we can see is NASA's budget shrinking each year and new war operations starting (each year).
Lives are lost, space programs are halted (compared to 60s and 70s). Don't tell me that technology is not developing in general. These are results of new US administration policies. They can't care less about NASA and they can't care more about how to lay their hands on Saddam's oil, over hundreds of innocent victims...
I think all this makes shuttle disaster even more horrible. Very sad day for humankind.