Looks like NASA is going fucked because of Russia-USA relationship going sour.
 

No shit, every second shuttle has problems.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will become dependent on flights to the ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft when it retires the shuttle fleet that has long ferried US astronauts into space in 2010.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825...s_080825123150

PS: AlienQ, you don't need to say anything here. Go suck some dude's cock.

Things will be mended with Russia after November no matter who gets elected.

"...US could find itself in 2011 with no access to the 100-billion-dollar space station -- largely paid for by the United States."

wow, that's some great planning there... :1orglaugh

If it ever got that bad the relations with Russia, I'd expect those shuttles to come back out of retirement.
WG

should have got a pre-nup

yes, could be true.

Eat a dick bitch ass American hating canadian.
Love how you dumb asses wanna talk shit about America is not this or America is not that...

Please fucker get a life and stop dropping my nic.

NASA pretty much have said publicly they are hoping to piggyback onto private companies into space by that time.

exactly.

NASA's been fucked since the 70s, fyi. their budget has dropped every year.

my old man worked on the shuttle systems for decades, i got to hear him bitch A LOT about it.