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1) It's old
2) Obama hates NASA. No, not really, but he hates funding it.
They had a replacement program going, but the shuttles were going to be mothballed years before the replacement could be built. Now, they've cut most of the funding for the replacement program. We were going to be left with riding shotgun in Russian capsules to get people to the space station.
It also stems from the bush administrations effort to put a man on Mars, so they started pulling funds from the shuttle to fund the new program Constellation, which would also be part of the shuttle replacement program.
Basically, NASA is getting cut off at the knees from every direction, and can't maintain a fleet of 30 year old space jalopies.
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Mike Bradshaw
1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black
Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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