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Yeah man, they're retiring the Shuttle Program and Constellation has been put on hold. It could be a very long time until American's travel to space again. (Outside of Satellites of course).

I assume this will increase the rate at which the private sector choses to get into space launches.

Definitely. Space X has a human approved capsule called "Dragon Nest." It's pretty epic and there's always Spaceship One.

SpaceX? SpaceshipOne?

Yep, the commercial world's solution to getting humans in space. http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.virgingalactic.com/overview/spaceships/

What impact will this have on the ISS?

Well, I'm not directly involved with the ISS so I can only speculate. Once the US retires the space shuttle program we(the US) will not have a way to get to the ISS. Other countries may still be able to use it though. Sorry I don't have a definite answer.

Being directly involved with the ISS, I can say Americans will have no problem hitchhiking a ride with the Russians or Europeans.

yes americans are decent diplomats and can usually get what they want from other countries if we arent willing to provide for ourselves.

@left, thanks for the info, very neat!

Stigy wrote:Being directly involved with the ISS, I can say Americans will have no problem hitchhiking a ride with the Russians or Europeans.

Very cool!