CATCH A FALLING STAR
Strict new rules at NASA governing how satellites are discarded at the end of their service lives have engineers pondering whether to send a space shuttle after the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The 15,000-lb. UARS has been in low-Earth orbit since Discovery left it there in 1991. Its mission...
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