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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    Nasa: Wtf?

    NASA is spending $120 million on hardware that's supposed to aid its Shuttle/ISS functionality until 2015, which is 5 years after it's to be decommissioned

    NASA's Implementation Plan for Return to Flight and Beyond: Summary
    http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18344
    Status Report From: NASA HQ Posted: Monday, September 8, 2003 Overview The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report has provided NASA with the roadmap for movi


    Obviously someone in procurement hasn't been reading the papers

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    • Umfriend
      Crabby Smurf
      • Mar 2001
      • 7308
      #2
      Sure. Imagine the reaction when they find in 2012, when a alternative may not have been realised yet, that the Shuttle won't do anymore. It would not be the first time a decomissioning to be postponed nor the first time sich postponement runs into troubles because there is no alternative.
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        • Dilitante1
          Administrator
          • Aug 1999
          • 1829
          #3
          no biggie, the push now is to recycle the external tanks/SRBs that are lined up but no mission scheduled to use. They'll take that unit and mount inside an external tank on top of a 5 segment SRB and launch that
          Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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