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Apollo Space Program Disasters




Apollo Space Program Disasters
Why is the USA (nasa) shuttle program being scrapped?

I read in this article where it said
"Atlantis will fly into the history books. Her mission, to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), will be the shuttle’s last. After 30 years, 135 launches and two disasters, the shuttle programme is being scrapped. Atlantis, alongside its sister ships Endeavour, Discovery will disperse to museums.Billions of dollars will be saved, thousands of workers along Florida’s “Space Coast” (and thousands more farther afield) will lose their jobs, the ISS will rely on Russian, European and Japanese rockets for its supplies and the nation that won the space race by putting Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the moon with Apollo 11, will be without the ability to send astronauts into space. Any that do go will rent seats on the Russian rockets." Whats up with this???

The Shuttles are 30 years old. The technology is outdated. They are unsafe to fly, and each mission is VERY expensive, TOO expensive for many Republican members of Congress. The Congress elected in 2010 CUT NASA's budget, slightly, after two, maybe more, years of budget INCREASES. The Shuttles themselves are NOT being scrapped. "Scrapped" means torn part and the parts recycled. The Shuttles, including the prototype Shuttle Enterprise, are being RETIRED. Each of the four Shuttles is going to museums in New York City, Houston or Cape Canaveral, Fl, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/09/134358888/nasas-next-mission-finding-homes-for-shuttles

Obama HAS NOT KILLED THE SHUTTLE. Stop posting misinformation because of your individual political agenda.

Documentary 2008 - Space Shuttle Disaster (Part 3/7)


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