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  • Discovery on Tap for Rollout to Pad
  • Discovery Being Prepped for Rollout
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Endeavour and Discovery do Shuttle Shuffle
  • Mission Managers Praise Flawless Mission
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Lawmakers Pressure NASA to Delay Shuttle’s Retirement

The faltering economy threatens to disrupt plans to retire the U.S. space-shuttle fleet next year and free up funds to develop a new generation of manned spacecraft.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992911190127639.html

NASA’s Secret Rebels Want Obama on Their Side

Some envisioned Jupiter configurations, including crew and cargo variants. Image courtesy of DIRECTLAUNCHER.COMNASA rocket scientists secretly working on what they say is a better, safer rocket want President Obama to ditch the space agency's official space-shuttle replacement design and pick theirs instead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513231,00.html