Shuttle Launches Up to 2015 Eyed

Credit: NASA
Concerns about a five-year gap in U.S. manned launches, workforce retention and worsening relations with Russia are forcing NASA to study a continuation of shuttle missions to 2015, instead of killing the program in 2010. NASA Administrator Mike Griffin tells CBS News he is “not optimistic” about...

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