What is next for the US space program?

[khemist]

With the final launch at Cape Canaveral scheduled for July, what do people think will (or what is known to) be next for the space program?

 

[FrancisZ]

I've read that (due to lack of funding) the Mars Projects are in limbo; and pretty much any transportation to the International Space Station is going to be outsourced.

We truly live in crappy, crappy times for space exploration.

 

[jhae2.718]

My guess? Whatever SpaceX can come up with.

I don't think NASA is the same organization it once was. There's really no clear objectives/mission, and I think the "failure is not an option" culture is dying out. (This is a management problem, I think.)

 

[Astronuc]

There are plenty of unmanned/robotic missions.