U.S. Spaceflight Gap Seen As Long As Nine Years

The outside panel examining NASA’s human spaceflight plans has heard analysis suggesting the U.S. could be out of the human-spaceflight game until 2019, a nine-year gap after the shuttle retires at the end of next year. That is based on NASA’s current plan and budget profile, says Gary Pulliam...

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