The US Air Force has its own remote control/autopilot space shuttle http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/16/secretive-us-military-space-shuttle http://www

The US Air Force has its own remote control/autopilot space shuttle http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/16/secretive-us-military-space-shuttle http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/16/secretive-us-mi... So not only were astronauts made redundant, the pentagon got the remainder of NASA's budget. We sure have some screwed up priorities.