Here we go. This is how the excuses, delays, and ultimate cancellation of the Constellation program begins. As soon as the Messiah, er Obama, takes office he'll look to these types of incidents and shut this program down. Two pretty good potential shuttle successors that were cancelled and placed in the engineering graveyard are:
I'll bet that Burt Rutan ends up owning and operating the United States' only orbital manned spaceflight system before Orion gets off the ground. That's right, I said orbital. Rutan is getting sub-orbital up and running now but orbital flight is the next logical step.
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