what's going on with the shuttle?
NASA TV will carry a press conference on Tuesday, November 22nd, at 2PM EST to update us on the space shuttle program.
If I was in charge? One more trip to Hubble, and a few more trips to deliver major components to the ISS - two launches per shuttle, maximum - and then declare the shuttle fleet retired, which would put the retirement date in early 2008. Make it a fait accompli before the end of President Bush's term in office, rather than waiting until 2010. That way, the next president won't extend the fleet past 2010, and two years' worth of shuttle operations expenses (about 10 billion dollars) can be used in the development of the heavy lift vehicle and CEV, thus accelerating the Vision for Space Exploration by two years and (hopefully) preventing another demoralizing shuttle loss.
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