Post by Sammy on Jun 6, 2011 4:43:05 GMT -8
The space shuttle Atlantis sits at Kennedy Space Center awaiting a countdown that could begin on July 8. It will be the final flight of a U.S. manned shuttle or any other kind of U.S. manned space rocket -- for now. But it shouldn't be the last NASA manned mission ever.
They suspect there will be other reasons to send someone back into space. From what I understand it was already hard enough to get on a rocket mission, im sure this didnt help those astronauts waiting thier turn. Since only a handfull ever make it up and back, and understandably with a 5 billion dollar price tag for each rocket.