What has happened in human space flight after five years, in 2017?
Wow, this is one of the most depressing threads I've seen in a while.
Recently reelected President Santorum will yet again cut NASA's budget, they will be down to 9 Billion by 2017.Orion launched to ISS on a Delta 4 heavy to bring ISS back up to 6 crew.All CCDev are now on unpaid contracts because of zero tolerance policy instituted in 2013 budget, stating that any delay in CCDev strips the developer of all future funds (funds transferred to Orion/Delta 4 heavy to accelerate it's ability to launch to ISS) NASA Administrator Griffin releases more power points about our great Mars/Moon Program after 1st SLS launch in 2016.
Or...The arrival of New Horizons at Pluto in 2015 has reinvigorated a fickle public with renewed enthusiasm for exploring never-before-seen worlds. Humanity's first glimpse at another planetary body for the first time since Neptune in 1989 has provided a much-needed shot in the arm for 'real' exploration. If pictures from Pluto don't get people excited in wanting to return to the Moon and reaching Mars, then nothing will.A hundred years from now, our descendants will curse us for letting short-sighted politicians stand in the way of our destiny in space.