> There’s no way that a disaster on a manned mission would affect a satellite launch. They share nothing in common. It would definitely affect satellites, sinc

> There’s no way that a disaster on a manned mission would affect a satellite launch. They share nothing in common. It would definitely affect satellites, since the shuttle was a major satellite launch system. But even a deep space probe project like Voyager would be at risk, even though it seem directly related, because by affecting the political prestige of NASA, it effects everything that has to get funded at NASA – the politics of legislation are not bounded by rational direct impacts.