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They didn't; the "space program" includes a lot of stuff besides the space shuttle, and most of the other stuff is still continuing.
The Shuttle first flew in 1981, 30 years ago. Do you still drive a 30-year-old car? It's time for something new.
One of the problems has been that NASA has stopped being a SPACE program, and is little more than a PORK program. There are 435 different congressional districts in the United States, and parts for the shuttle are built in almost 400 of them. There's too much in the way of "pork barrel" spending (a term that applies to spending money wastefully) and too little in the way of actual research. The recently-cancelled Constellation program is based on 20-year-old designs, doesn't utilize new technology, and focuses more on keeping all of the existing NASA engineers employed, rather than actually flying missions.
Robot probes are still being built, and launched, and instead of having one enormous soviet-styled manned space program, there are a half-dozen different PRIVATE space programs. SpaceX, ArianeSpace, Dragon, Scaled Composites; the list goes on.
In 1903, in a massively-funded government development program, the US tried to build a heavier-than-air flying machine. Professor Samuel Langley failed, and his aircraft crashed into the Potomac River on December 8, 1903. On December 17, 1903, two bicycle makers named Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded where the government had failed. It's happening again.
What else can I help you with?
Is Neil Armstrong's sons in a space program?
No they are not involved with space program.
What is the US space program that put astronauts on the moon?
apollo program
Why The American program to land people on the moon was called?
The Apollo Space program.
What space program sent the first Americans into space?
the first program to send Americans into space was called "project mercury"
What is the use of gloves in a space suit?
to stop the bad atmosphere of space getting in.
Why did the us stop sending people into space after Apollo program ended?
The United States did not stop sending people into space after the Apollo program was cancelled. People were sent into space using the then new Space Shuttle program, which was cancelled in 2011. Now Americans are sent to space using commercial spaceflight from companies like SpaceX, VentureStar, and Ad Astra.
Why should the government stop funding for the nasa space travel program?
They should not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why should the government stop funding for the space travel program?
I don't think they should.
What does a short line in front of the word program mean---- program?
blank program
Should i capitalize Space Program?
Yes, "Space Program" should be capitalized when referring to the official name of a specific space program, such as NASA's Space Program.
What is the space program?
A program by JFK to get The Americans to space or to the moon!
When did the space program end?
The space program has not ended
What was the name of the space program to send two men into space?
Soviet Space Program
The American space program that carried teams of mostly three astronauts into space?
The space program was Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program.
Does Moldova have a space program?
Moldova is poor, no money for a space program.
Is Neil Armstrong's sons in a space program?
No they are not involved with space program.
What was the name of the soviet space program in 1970?
Soviet Space Program/ your face
