Re: Senate Field Hearing On Life After Shuttle Draws Hundreds Of Demonstrators

So NASA's going to suffer some layoffs because we're switching from
the Shuttle to Constellation. The workers who get the axe are going
to have to look for other jobs with Brevard, Embraer, etc. That part
I get.

What I don't get is the alternative being proposed by the people who
are making a stink about this. Are we supposed to keep relying on the
Shuttle? Keep both programs running at once? Besides flailing their
arms around in the name of "awareness", do groups like Link to Launch
have a viable plan?
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