Shuttle's Safe Return Key to Space Program's Future

The $1-billion sweeping overhaul of flawed space shuttle management and engineering carried out over the last 2.5 years by 20,000 NASA and contractor personnel is moving toward test here this week for the hypersonic transport's return to flight. Weather permitting, Discovery and its seven-member STS...

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