Whats Next?

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had high hopes at its grand-opening. Sadly, only one part of their 'wish list' came through; in 1972, the Nixon Administration approved the space shuttle. Following the 1986 Challenger disaster, the Clinton administration finally reconciled the space station project. Then came Kennedy's 1961 challenge-landing a man on the moon. However, recently, the costs of other such endeavors leave little room for the undertaking of the projects. Congressional committees have not yet begun to examine new proposals from NASA, although, states Lori B. Garver, the deputy administrator of NASA,

For too long NASA overpromised and underdelivered, and now we will be doing things differently.

That remains to be seen.