Shuttle

I've been watching and reading about Nasa's latest shuttle mission. If things keep going wrong for them with this foam thing, this might be one of their last missions. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/29/space.shuttle/index.html You wonder why they can't just build a more updated spacecraft and a better launch system. It's probably a lot easier said then done, but it makes sense. If we can spend $10 billion on a war Iraq, why can't we get a really cool space program started?