answer:Last I heard, NASA’s looking at zero space vehicles, thanks to a certain elected official’s massive funding cuts. Needless to say, the guys at NASA are peeved. There is some talk of having the agency fire and monitor weather satellites or something equally banal. Once the rest of the shuttle fleet is retired, the only reliable way into space is aboard the Soyuz capsules. Naturally, the Russians are going to charge more-than-usual to launch NASA astronauts. There is yet hope. NASA has a new system of launch vehicles and spacecraft all planned out, based on the successful Apollo designs called Orion; it may one day have the funding to actually make them. And after Burt Rutan gave the world Space Ship One, there is also talk of turning to the private sector, which is not as immediately susceptible to the whims of a community organizer. The space elevator, a longtime favorite, still faces some technological hurdles before serious development can begin.