guys...just a doubt...if this is last space shuttle program..then what happens to guys who stay on international space station( IST ) !!? are they stuck there forever...or they abandoned the space station..?! :O
this is the last space shuttle flight. russia has their soyuz spacecrafts that works well. nasa rented soyuz during the period they had halted space shuttle fligths after that accident that took the life of kalpana chawla and other astronauts.
ahh kalpana chawla....i remember when i was small and we observed a minute of silence at our school assembly.! So from now on they just rent space shuttles.! hmmmmmmmmm but am guessing its costly than creating a shuttle once and reusing it .?
they are still working on their next generation space vehicle which might or might not be ready by 2015-16. until then russia would probably take over the majority of the trips to the ISS. in the end ISS is not a US property. it is a global venture with investments from a lot of countries including european ones and japan and i believe even india has contributed in some way.
btw you can goto NASA - NASA.gov and watch live space shuttle \iss streaming.I have been watching it since 2006~.THe landing in on 21 july @ 3:15 pm so watch it live via webcast.
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