Why someone is glad the Shuttle is retiring

The Space Shuttle is nearing its end, and an article here expresses my views on the subject better than I could without expending a fairly large amount of time to write something of such length. The basic premise is this: a shuttle by nature is a vehicle that makes regular and reliable trips to and from somewhere, and the Shuttle hasn't even succeeded in accomplishing the same frequency the Russian Soyuz has. Problems with design doomed it from the start, and though it's awesome to watch it in action, we need something new.