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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Friday, January 30, 2004 ::
And So The End Begins
When Ken Bowersox, Don Pettit, and Nikolai Budarin launched aboard Endeavour in November 2002, they never would have dreamed that they would be the last ISS Expedition crew to fly to Station aboard the Space Shuttle, but it appears that may be the case. In order to expedite the exploration initiative goal of ISS completion by 2010, all future Expedition crews may fly to Station aboard Soyuz, even after Shuttle returns to flight. While no decision has been made, NASA officials say that removing crew rotation requirements from the Shuttle schedule would make it easier to complete the required construction tasks. No word on how exactly this would be arranged, since NASA is not currently allowed to pay the cash-strapped Russian Space Agency for Soyuz seats.