ISS Program Planners Shift Gears For Post-Shuttle Era

International Space Station program engineers are preparing for the day-- Dec. 31, 2010, at the latest--when the space shuttle fleet is retired. William Gerstenmaier, NASA's ISS program manager, says his team is already planning a shift to "disposable sparing" to keep the station functioning without...

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