To me the Space Shuttle was one of the biggest killing factors in terms of the exploration of space. We went from explorers to exploiters and didn't continue to develop manned craft that would push us deeper into our solar system.
At some point we decided that it was good enough to have an international space station and probes, and safer, while we should have been pushing to explore the rest of our solar system in person.
To me we should have been walking on Mars 10 years ago.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
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