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Lawmakers Pressure NASA to Delay Shuttle’s Retirement

By Rick on 17 April 2009 at 2:21PM

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

Category: Manned Exploration, Orion, Shuttle, Space Politics, US

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