House lawmaker calls for end to manned shuttle flights
In a House subcommittee hearing May 8, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) called on NASA to end manned space shuttle flights and suggested the agency study the option of using the orbiters as unmanned cargo vehicles for supplying the International Space Station (ISS). "I don't want to put the orbiter back up...
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