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engmike · 04-13-2005, 02:31 AM

Michael Griffin, on a fast track for confirmation as NASA's next administrator, vowed today to complete the international space station, shorten the time needed to develop a replacement for the space shuttle and to revisit the possibility of a shuttle repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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sounds good. I think this is the first nasa admin in a while with a background in engineering.

"The decision not to execute the planned shuttle servicing mission was made in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. When we return to flight, it will be with essentially a new vehicle, which will have a new risk analysis associated with it and so on and so forth. "

well said... maybe this guy has some sense, or maybe hes all talk, guess we will find out. at least hes opened up some options that werent thier before

5of0 · 04-13-2005, 05:04 AM

As I've mentioned elswhere, I just got my PopSci, and they've got a great (and somewhat pessimistic) article on the return of the Space Shuttle. I have a feeling that the PopSci people would strongly agree with the admin's "new vehicle" idea. Just another great read I thought I'd add.

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engmike Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Tech Posts: 122	Michael Griffin, on a fast track for confirmation as NASA's next administrator, vowed today to complete the international space station, shorten the time needed to develop a replacement for the space shuttle and to revisit the possibility of a shuttle repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. read more sounds good. I think this is the first nasa admin in a while with a background in engineering. "The decision not to execute the planned shuttle servicing mission was made in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. When we return to flight, it will be with essentially a new vehicle, which will have a new risk analysis associated with it and so on and so forth. " well said... maybe this guy has some sense, or maybe hes all talk, guess we will find out. at least hes opened up some options that werent thier before __________________ My Webpage

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