# Next space shuttle flight?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-space-shuttle-flight/588530
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [July 10, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-space-shuttle-flight/588530 "2011-07-10T18:42:52Z")
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### Author: ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-space-shuttle-flight/588530/21 "2011-08-01T00:47:05Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Michael Lind: [Why we should embrace the end of human spaceflight.](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/2011/04/12/nasa_spaceflight_future_government_robots/index.html) Depressing but convincing. ☹

No It’s not at all convincing, it shows a huge lack of imagination and forward thinking for someone that is supposed to be a think tank pundit on the “New America Foundation”.

See my post here for my rebuttal:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14085522&postcount=146](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14085522&postcount=146)

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