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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa considers shuttle shelf-life
You can't make this stuff up! So, here's the sitch:
NASA has already started phasing out shuttle flights. The Russians were supposed to be flyin' Soyuz's up to the space station till 2015.
'Course now, there's a little problem....
And, both Obama and McCain favor continuing the shuttle.
So now, Nasa, after having already cancelled a bunch of contracts and laid off a bunch of really smart people, they're trying to figure out what it would cost to hire 'em all back again and re-acquire spare parts and all that!
Your tax dollars at work....
You can't make this stuff up! So, here's the sitch:
NASA has already started phasing out shuttle flights. The Russians were supposed to be flyin' Soyuz's up to the space station till 2015.
'Course now, there's a little problem....
And, both Obama and McCain favor continuing the shuttle.
So now, Nasa, after having already cancelled a bunch of contracts and laid off a bunch of really smart people, they're trying to figure out what it would cost to hire 'em all back again and re-acquire spare parts and all that!
Your tax dollars at work....