----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ian Murray wrote: > > >I just heard on NPR news that the US no longer has the manufacturing ability > >to make any more space shuttles....... > > Eh? It's a 1970s design that it would make no sense to replicate now. > But it's impossible to believe the U.S. couldn't design and build one > based on 2000s technology. You have more context? > > Doug ================== It was NPR, the masters of anti-context. The guy they interviewed said the last one built was made from spare parts. Here's a look at what's currently getting funds, which NPR did not discuss: http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/spacegrant.htm Ian
