Re: STS cancellation in FY'06?




"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:01:59 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
> <herb.schaltegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> At some point, even NASA is going to have to ask "at what point is
> Shuttle no longer worth everyone else's sacrifice?" Evidently, OMB has
> already decided that point has been passed. I wonder how hard NASA
> would fight if the decision comes down from the White House. Griffin
> would probably make a big show of it, but I doubt his heart would be
> in it.
>
> Brian

An interesting blurb from NASAWatch.com but in the wake of Katrina OMB was
probably asking all federal agencies for things that could be cut. Shuttle
was just the low hanging fruit at NASA.


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