RE: Shuttle, end of an era
I suspect it’s a little too late for that. The pipeline is closed for replacement boosters. Would take two or more years to retool and resume production. I'm afraid we are now back where we were in the 1960's, talking about putting men in space but only launching cheese so far. Then there’s the totally unacceptable failure rate with the new vehicles. This seem to be what happens when politicians are in charge of any technical project. Sigh.
On the other hand, there is a good article on model diesels in the August issue of R/C Model Aeroplane magazine.