Space program

As a little girl, our classes would get to leave the classroom and watch every time the space shuttle went up.  I saw the Challenger blow up a few times thanks to our class having a TV.  I sincerely hope that the space program is not going to come up with something better.  Our great Space Shuttle (orbital bus) program in its current incarnation maybe truly has run its course.  I'm not giving up on "going boldly where no one has gone before"  I am keeping optimistic that we can make another trip to the moon or a manned mission to mars before I die.