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House Asks NASA to Postpone Space Plane

Posted by michael on from the whoa dept.

PipianJ writes "The House Science Committee has requested NASA to postpone the orbital space plane program (official letter (pdf)), thanks to lingering concern about the safety of the existing space program. On the other hand, isn't one of the ideas behind the orbital space plane program the fact that our current space program is getting more unsafe through the use of 20-year-old equipment?" The Senate is also getting into the act.

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  1. Re:To man or not to man by Davak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When we examine the rain forests, we send people to live with the animals and catalog their findings.

    We don't send probes to blindly gather data. Space should be no different.

    Just ask Cartman how useful probes are. :)

  2. Re:To man or not to man by ron_ivi · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The same question's being asked of almost any industry.

    Jobs in many industries will go unmanned.

    Personally I think it would be nice if when our experienced Air Force pilots get displaced by unmanned craft, that these guys can find jobs in the space program.