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Jolly good
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 29,506
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Jolly good
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 29,506
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They want to explore further afield (Moon, Mars, asteroids etc.) but Space Shuttle can only go to a low Earth orbit. The idea by cancelling the Shuttle is to free up money to develop a new launch system and allow commercial companies to do what the Shuttle does now. That's the plan anyway.
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