They tried...
...but they couldn't do it.

After two days of fearful "Should we be in space?" graphics and Time magazine reports answering "No", AOL's welcome page today (inbetween glances at the housing market and Taryn Manning) featured the "America's Pulse" question: "Should the space shuttle program continue?" Leaving aside the question of whether a space program could continue without the shuttle, not considering whether the shuttle is relatively old technology that should have been superseded years ago...

I'm proud of us. As of now, it's 83% YES.