Federal shutdown hasn't stopped work on next Shuttle launch

NASA managers are scheduled to hold a flight readiness review (FRR) today for the next Space Shuttle mission, scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., next Thursday despite the federal government shutdown that has idled most operations of the U.S. space agency for the past 19 days...

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