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The SSPPO's Hitchhiker carrier shuttle system also flew numerous university students/organization experiments (controlled from the ground in a control center at GSFC) and ejected numerous small student satellites from the Shuttle's cargo bay.

Today's Video: Inspire Me! Weightless Flights of Discovery - NASA Watch 2009

While it is true that some of the finest astronauts were members of the various military services, I think the administrator position in this time of the Shuttle's retirement and the launch of a new system probably needs to be someone with fairly extensive scientific experience.

Major General Jonathan Scott Gration Emerges as Possible Obama Choice for NASA Administrator - NASA Watch 2009

The Shuttle's not perfect, but there are things that it does * right now* that nothing else can. common sense

Extend Shuttle- Close The Gap - NASA Watch 2009

The reason the CAIB recommended replacing the Shuttle was that it isn't apparent that there is ANY solution to the ET insulation/Orbiter TPS design problem given the Shuttle's basic configuration.

Shuttle Retirement Date Starts To Move To The Right - NASA Watch 2009

I'm no booster expert but my understanding was that 1-X was just a four-segment solid like the Shuttle's and that no significant TO was expected -- in other words, a successful test would prove nothing about excessive vibrations on a five segment Ares 1!

More Ares Woes - NASA Watch 2009

See Shuttle extension for example, or why the Constellation protagonists are the same as Shuttle's ...

Human Space Flight Plans Blue Ribbon Panel Announced - NASA Watch 2009

The Space Shuttle's final flight in June spells the end of something else, too: mankind's quest for the next fastest thing.

Shuttles Find Final Homes Andy Pasztor 2011

But in time, the Space Shuttle's trips to the manned space station passed largely unnoticed.

Gagarin's Wonder 2011

Shuttle's unexpectedly high costs once operational behaved this way, as a zero-sum game.

New Uses for Constellation Systems? - NASA Watch 2009

This is not Shuttle's most sophisticated technology.

Leroy Chiao Seeks Your Input - NASA Watch 2009