NASA considering 'parking' Space Shuttle Columbia to save money

Although it recently put the Space Shuttle Columbia through a lengthy upgrade regimen, NASA is now considering parking the oldest member of the shuttle fleet to save money. "What we're looking at is not really mothballing, we're looking more at standing down Colubmia," NASA spokesperson Kirsten...

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