NASA is holding off on Hubble shuttle rescue plan changes to aid its Ares rocket test.
Archive for January 26, 2009
NASA chief Michael Griffin praises post-Columbia effort in farewell
The administrator says goodbye to employees via a live broadcast. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, who guided the space agency through one of its most turbulent periods following the Columbia shuttle disaster and the decision to scrap the shuttle fleet by 2010, bid a somber farewell to NASA’s employees Friday.
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Mars trip proposed for space shuttles
The co-founder of a rocket launch firm has proposed an audacious plan to send astronauts on a one-way trek to Mars using a pair of tethered U.S. space shuttles that would parachute to the Martian surface.
NASA: Continued Shuttle Use Would Be Risky
NASA’s chief says it would cost an extra $3 billion a year to keep flying the space shuttle past next year’s retirement date. Plus it would extend the risk of a deadly accident.
NASA considers shuttle options
WASHINGTON — The cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year’s planned retirement is $3 billion a year plus extending the risk of a deadly …
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NASA chief says keeping space shuttle costs US$3 billion yearly
WASHINGTON – The head of NASA says the cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year’s planned retirement is $3 billion a year plus extending the risk of a deadly accident.
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