Space Shuttle: An Uncomfortable Question
April 22nd, 2004Posted by: Roger Pielke, Jr.
Leonard David asks on Space.com What if the Shuttle Never Flew Again?. He observes, in what is decidedly an understatement, “Permanently grounding the shuttle, according to space experts contacted by SPACE.com, is sure to stir up a hornet’s nest of sticky issues.” But these are exactly the issues that NASA needs help thinking through.