Sunday, December 10

Planned Obsolescence? Space Shuttle Program Winding Down

By JOHN NANCE

Sept. 20, 2006 — As the Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth in the next day or so, every astronaut and much of the aerospace community is going to be distracted by the fact that the shuttle program is ending — something the average American may not realize.

In fact, Atlantis and its remaining sister ships Discovery and Endeavor are scheduled to be parked for good by 2010, if not before.
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