House panel wants study of Shuttle external tank recycling.

RECYCLING TANKS: Members of the House Science Committee want NASA to take another look at recycling the 154-by-27.5-foot Space Shuttle external tanks instead of throwing them away after launch. The fiscal 2000 NASA authorization bill marked up by the panel last week (DAILY, May 14) includes a...

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