Grounding of shuttle fleet to drive up station costs, GAO says

Completing work on the International Space Station will cost more and take longer due to the shuttle fleet's grounding, according to a General Accounting Office report. Cost increases could arise from the need to maintain and store ready-to-launch components built before the Columbia disaster in...

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