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Nasa Details Shuttle's Retirement

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can-see-your-house-from-there dept.

schliz writes "Nasa has announced that it intends to officially retire the aging space shuttle fleet by 2010, four years before it has a replacement craft ready. The space shuttle fleet will make ten more flights, mainly to add modules to the International Space Station and carry out repairs and upgrades to the Hubble orbital telescope. The retirement will leave the US without orbital capacity for at least four years, until the Ares booster programme is complete. European and Russian launchers will service the space station in the meantime."

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  1. Re:The US may not have manned flight capability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, he has to get money from somewhere to pay off all the special interests who are helping finance his campaign. Electing this charade of a politician would be a colossal mistake.

  2. Outsourcing Space Transport by EmagGeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am sure we'll end up outsourcing this, too.. so... someone will develop a satellite by outsourcing the work to India, the manufacturing to China, and launch it into space on a Russian space vehicle.

    My question is, what the hell does anyone need the US for anymore? The US doesn't actually DO anything except act as a giant bureaucracy.

  3. Re:They did by Shakrai · · Score: 1, Troll

    I believe at this point Lenin is supposed to break out of his glass case and zombie "MUST CRUSH CAPITALISM"

    Hey, say what you will about the Cold War but we didn't worry about airplanes flying into our buildings back in those days.

    Start with a little bit of saber-rattling here and there. Throw in a few proxy wars and quagmires in Southeast and Southwest Asia. Have an arms race or two followed by the occasional throw-down during the Winter Olympics Hockey games.

    Those were the days..... Maybe Putin (err, I mean Medvedev of course...) will get us back to them? Please, pretty please? If not, can we settle our disputes with the Middle East with a good game of hockey? USA! USA! USA! USA!

    --
    I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
    We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  4. Re:Decadence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You must be either a French citizen and/or a real United States hater. The comments prove that you have nothing but disdain for us "Americans". Well as one of the biggest countries to offer foreign aid we should stop giving to your country and then lets see where your economy and education goes. :)

    If most Americans get their way, we will cut off the aid and just watch you all suffer and then the insults will stop I bet. LOL