NASA Postpones Decision On Hubble Standby Shuttle
January 26, 2009 – 4:12 pm
NASA is holding off on Hubble shuttle rescue plan changes to aid its Ares rocket test. Read More at SPACE.com…
Monthly Archives: January 2009
NASA chief Michael Griffin praises post-Columbia effort in farewell
January 17, 2009 – 8:36 am
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. Read More at Los Angeles Times…
U.S. space agency chief warns of risks from extension
January 15, 2009 – 4:15 pm
President Bush wants to replace the shuttle with a new moon spaceship. But that would mean five years of relying on Russia to get astronauts to the space station. President-elect Barack Obama has proposed delaying the shuttle’s retirement. Read More at Houston Chronicle…
Mars trip proposed for space shuttles
January 15, 2009 – 12:57 pm
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. Read More at MSNBC…
NASA chief says keeping space shuttles flying would cost $3 billion a year, extend risk
January 15, 2009 – 12:49 pm
Like this is a good idea… Obama is not being smart in this case. He has to think about getting rid of that ancient technology. It’s pretty much like asking someone … read more to take a covered wagon across the country–with cars flying by you at 70 MPH. They need to retire the shuttles [...]
NASA: Keeping shuttle costs $3 billion yearly
January 15, 2009 – 12:40 pm
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, NASA’s chief said Thursday. Read More at AP via Yahoo! News…
NASA: Continued Shuttle Use Would Be Risky
January 15, 2009 – 12:35 pm
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. Read More at CBS News…
NASA chief suspicious of aging shuttles
January 15, 2009 – 12:26 pm
WASHINGTON — The cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year’s planned retirement is $3 billion a year, and it heightens the risk of a deadly accident, NASA’s chief said Thursday. Read More at The Biloxi Sun Herald…
NASA considers shuttle options
January 15, 2009 – 12:22 pm
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 … Read More at The Bryan-College Station Eagle…
NASA chief says keeping space shuttle costs US$3 billion yearly
January 15, 2009 – 12:14 pm
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. Read More at Kitchener – Waterloo Record…