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BWhite

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From: Chicago, Illinois

Registered: 2004-06-16

Posts: 2,635

Re: Please stay, just a little bit longer. . . - The House Committee and the orbiter

House Committee language, per Space Ref:

With this appropriation, the Committee continues its support of the space shuttle program by fully funding the budget request. While the Vision for Space Exploration indicates that the shuttle fleet will retire in 2010, the Committee believes this reflects an optimistic assessment of when a replacement system could become operational and believes NASA needs to re-evaluate this date in the context of the current budget environment and the technical challenges associated both with return-to-flight activities and new system development needs. Recent information provided to the Committee indicates that additional time and money will be required to return the shuttle to safe operations. The Committee looks forward to learning more about NASA's needs for this program and will work with NASA to ensure necessary funding is provided in a timely manner.

Is this http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=13921]link from yesterday September 10th?

Orbiter retired by 2010? The foregoing doesn't sound like that to me.

People, stay just a little bit longer
We want to play--just a little bit longer
Now the promoter don't mind
And the union don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song--
Oh won't you stay just a little bit longer
Please, please, please say you will
Say you will
Oh won't you stay just a little bit longer
Oh please, please stay just a little bit more
Now the promoter don't mind
And the roadies don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song

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Give someone a sufficient [b][i]why[/i][/b] and they can endure just about any [b][i]how[/i][/b]

SpaceNut

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From: New Hampshire

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,431

Re: Please stay, just a little bit longer. . . - The House Committee and the orbiter

What the worst part of this is not just the underfunding of Nasa but in which programs the decrease come in.

delay in the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter mission;
one year delay in the Lunar Exploration mission;
Technology and Advanced Concepts;
Structure and Evolution of the Universe theme;
Living With a Star in the Sun-Earth Connection theme;

SpaceNut

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From: New Hampshire

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,431

Re: Please stay, just a little bit longer. . . - The House Committee and the orbiter

fixed artifacts

This was one of the early topics that resulted form saying that the shuttle would end flying in2010 and that we would have a vison of space exploration beyond LEO.... which was the Apollo on Steriods... which got cancelled by Obama and resurected by congress as the Space Launch System... with no destination.....