So what does everyone think of NASA missions finally coming to an end? It's sad in a way and people are complaining that space travel is dead, but I think it's just the beginning. We'll forever be in debt to NASA's contributions, but I think we're at the point where we can hand off the baton to private space flight. NASA should still be around, but as a regulatory agency... with maybe some moolah kicked in from the government as an incentive/reward for competitions. That's how regular airplane flights made a huge leap in technology. The government didn't offer the prize, but that was motivation for the first NYC-Paris flight.