ISS and the soon-to-be discarded Shuttle; Last tango in Earth orbit By moving forward on their mission to convert the U.S. fleet of Space Shuttles into museum pieces, the administration has shifted NASA into neutral. America’s multi-billion dollar investment in the International Space Station (ISS) and our access to space is in jeopardy. As a result of the termination of the Shuttle program, we have no means to assure ISS health and safety or the continuation of manned-space for the coming decade. True, the “retirement” of the Shuttle is an event long-planned — announced in 2004 as part of th [...]
