absorb these workers, so that the talent pool would not be lost. why hasn t the private sector been able to keep up with some of these job losses? two quick reasons. first of all the commercial launch to the space station that nass ace funding right now trying to get off the ground, it s still five years away. it was always designed to save some of the nasa funds by having a much leaner workforce, and because that routine commercial abscess to the space station would only be two flights per year it s not going to employ as many penal. the second reason is is we ve always thought of retiring the shuttle, and it would be immediately be followed by an ambitious deep space program, first to return to the moon, that was canceled by the white house, and now we are talking about going to a nearby astroid in the 2020s. that goals so far away that it s been unable to pick up the development load of that talented pool in florida. jenna: in a time of as territory in our count throw how would yo