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Astronauts Face Bleak Odds For Spaceflight

Posted by timothy on from the convert-them-into-aquanauts dept.

Abhishek writes "According to a Space.com report, Astronauts at NASA fear that they won't be able to fly until 2015 and that, for some, would be too late. The space shuttles that NASA have are almost at the end of their lifetimes and any shuttle can take years to be built. Though almost everybody is involved in some way or another in looking after a shuttle, only a lucky few actually gets the chance for a ride."

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  1. Lucky? by UranusReallyHertz · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I wonder if the two dead crews would consider themselves lucky?

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