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After about 30 years of sending U.S. astronauts into space, NASA announced Thursday that space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour will make their last flights, respectively, on November 1st, 2010 and February 26th, 2011. According to Network World, Discovery's 10-day mission will be to deliver logistics carriers, which are basically cargo holds, and other spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS). The Endeavour will then fly a 13-day mission, delivering S-band antennas, a high-pressure gas tank, other spare parts, and an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which astronauts will use to detect cosmic rays, to the ISS. Of course, these dates could change, as the missions have already been delayed once due to problems with the spectrometer. [Ed. Note: Just remember, next time you are late, to blame it on your spectrometer.]After NASA's shuttle program is shuttered early next year, U.S. astronauts will have to hitch rides on-board the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to travel between Earth and the ISS. But this high-tech taxi service won't last long; President Obama said in April that he wants to spend $3.1 billion on a heavy-lift rocket for deep-space exploration, and hopes that NASA will start building the rocket by 2015.
So, enjoy it while you can, Russia, because, in five short years, the U.S. will once again prove we're the best at spending billions of dollars on rockets while millions of people remain unemployed and without health insurance. [From: Network World, via: Popular Science]
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Subscribe to commentsIanJul 6th 2010 1:49AM
dont forget to mention that those millions of dollars that were spent have gained us so much knowledge since nasa has started that half the shit we use today wouldn't be around if it was for nasa. So yea there are problems but what if one of those nasa inventions helps the world will that be worth it? i think so.
waynerevereJul 16th 2010 9:12AM
well said. without NASA no microprocessors. No MPC no cellphone, desktop, laptop, Playstation, DVD, CD,LCD, etc.
almasearchJul 16th 2010 12:21PM
Gee Mr. Caleb Johnson, why wait until the last words of your final paragraph to tell us how you REALLY feel about NASA and "reaching for the stars"? What a jerk. There will always some level of unemployment, because there will always be those 1) who refuse to work because they want to have the position and pay of a professional when they only have the brains to work at McDonalds, and/or 2) would rather do nothing and collect welfare than go out and try to find some employment.
LukeJul 16th 2010 10:26AM
If Obama has to add $3.1 billion MORE to NASA's already bulging budget to make this new rocket, it's not worth it. Should have been doing the research at maybe 100 million a year in the 20 years the shuttle's been used. (Note thats not Obama's fault) NASA already had an "Orion" project going, does Obama want them to ditch it and try something else?
GaryJul 16th 2010 12:17PM
Now what kind of an ending to a story regarding space exploration. So here we go again we could have fed billions of people with that money. May I remind you idiots that space exploration has contributed more to this planet than mankind itself. You people need to take chances and explore more, and help the Earth reach to the other planets for future homes for mankind and maybe even a cure or two.
seasand04Jul 16th 2010 12:35PM
Of course this would be AFTER turtle nesting season this year and just PRIOR to start of turtle nesting next year. Cann't have the lights disturbing their little runs to the ocean now can we?
prost5Jul 16th 2010 2:46PM
Hey, Caleb...did you know that the people developing this technology HAVE jobs right now and are paying taxes to fund those unreasonable programs? Let's all stop living our lives until it can all be perfect, why don't we? Let me get this straight you want all the scientists and engineers to stop doing research right now...until everyone has a job and health insurance? What you should be worried about is our country becoming second class citizens in the world and the global economy. Doesn't it bother you that we have to rely on Russia?
RickSep 2nd 2010 11:06PM
You are all forgetting to mention that we can't stay here forever. We are over populated as it is. It is going to take some time to figure out how to get us off this rock and where to go and how to get there.