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NASA Hopes Discovery's Move Is Not The Last

Posted by Zonk on from the go-go-rocketship dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention the movement of the space shuttle Discovery. The upcoming mission, if it launches, is crucial to the future of American manned space flight. From the Washington Post article: "A successful flight will allow NASA to resume construction of the half-built International Space Station and possibly extend the life of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope, which has allowed humans to peer into far galaxies. But with the shuttle fleet due to retire in 2010, any serious problems during July's mission likely would bring a premature end to the shuttle program and disrupt NASA's plans to keep its skilled work force intact while a replacement spacecraft is being developed."

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  1. 2010 by DJTodd242 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well of course Discovery is going to retire in 2010. It'll be destroyed when Jupiter is imploded by the Monolith.

    ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.

    1. Re:2010 by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Funny

      ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

      That was totally a marketing bluff from the aliens, and we all know this really means "SHIT, FORGET EVERYTHING AND COME TO EUROPA RIGHT NOW."

      Plus, why not land there. Are they hiding weapons of mass destruction or somethin'?

  2. Star Wars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    "A successful flight will allow NASA to resume construction of the half-built International Space Station and possibly extend the life of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope, which has allowed humans to peer into far galaxies. But with the shuttle fleet due to retire in 2010, any serious problems during July's mission likely would bring a premature end to the shuttle program and disrupt NASA's plans to keep its skilled work force intact while a replacement spacecraft is being developed."


    Zoom to Yoda: In danger, international space station is.

  3. Re:Jerry Pournelle has the answer YET AGAIN! by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 3, Funny

    Middle East money is plentiful, Chinese production is cheap, Japanese technology is excellent, European engineering is suberb.

    Of course, politics would ensure we'd get Middle East technology, Chinese engineering, Japanese money and European production costs.

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