Actually had we continued following VWB's ideas we would have had a more balanced space program. Also, had congress and the then presidents been more interested in continuing a viable program with adequate funding we would now have several rotating type space stations, a colony on the moon, and at the very least a smaller colony on Mars, and perhaps even had manned exploration throughout the entire solar system. Further, we would have large efforts to exploit the resourses of space. However, as usuall our preoccupation with war (in this case mainly the losing effort in southeast asia), killed the program. <br /><br />This was neither GWB's nor NASA's fault, it was the fault of the stupidity and lack of vision of both the congress and the presidency at that time. However, I guess the saddest words in the english language really are, "What might have been....."<br /><br />Once, again the deficit hawks are now talking that we can not afford a viable space program and the current war... Oh well!!!