international space station. but the shuttle is not going to carry you out farther. the other thing worth remembering, is that nasa is thinking about trying to kick start a private industry in space. the space tourism and using a different way of funding contracts to have commercial players go to and from the international space station. and i just i try to remind people when they say, hey, we re losing out with nasa, just think of silicon valley. think of the spark of innovation that has come out of there. and imagine that, applying that in space. that is the hope that we can get some of the entrepreneur. how do you do that? the space research led to cordless power drills, medical lasers, gps devices. are we losing out on developing amazing technological advances when it comes to research and development from the shuttle