IF you flew on shuttle THREE Times--- think YOU would APPRECIATE its Capabilities as compared to NON RUNWAY Landers with zero payload bay, no airlock, no RMS ?

THE USA need capability to EXPLORE & CONDUCT EARTH ORBIT Operations ( large payload bay, RMS, Airlock, MMU can do both--- EXPLORE & EO Operations)

Can't do with SLS & with capsule approach--- MUST have large payload bay & runway lander

Well, most all the former pm's were believers of reuseable runway landers. Abbey, Kraft, Krantz, aldrin, Cernan, Armstrong . Crippen, young, SNC, Steve Lindsey, plus Jeffs, Brandenstein, DeCastro, plus many more.  

Don Nelson of nasaproblems.com suggested bolden should resign. I feel likewise. Obvious , this adm does not want a preeminent American SPACE PROGRAM!!! 

Re nasa plan puts America at risk 
The case to save shuttle 
Early retirement of shuttle 
Nonsensical shuttle retirement 
Myth vs. Reality 
Shuttle retirement places ISS in danger --- Kraft & astronauts 
All these articles strongly support reuseable lifting bodies. All on keeptheshuttleflyingc.blogspot.com 

So we have overwhelming consensus that shuttle concept is the only way to go--- WHY, WHY , WHY are we very, very, very, slowly going to manned capsules with limited funding WHILE we continue to Bankroll the Russia space program???? 
At present rate , it may be 2020 or later until we have a manned program. THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR A SUPER POWER!! 

THIS DOES NOT SMELL Right!