Airman and Marine Will Head to Space in First US Manned Launch Since 2011

[rangerrebew]

Airman and Marine Will Head to Space in First US Manned Launch Since 2011
 
20 Apr 2020
Military.com | By Richard Sisk

NASA is relying on the skills and experience of an active-duty Air Force colonel and a retired Marine colonel to put the U.S. back in the business of manned space launches after a nine-year hiatus.

NASA "will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a tweet Friday.

For the first time since the space shuttles were retired in 2011, a manned space vehicle will go on a mission to the International Space Station, tentatively set for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, NASA announced Friday.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/20/airman-and-marine-will-head-space-first-us-manned-launch-2011.html

[catfish1957]

I love our space program and love all we have accomplished in the past 60+ years, but we just added another $3T to our nation debt.  ($24T).

We really think there's enough left in the coffers, to have any kind of initiatives like these?