i mean most of them are over 20 years old almost 25
and we need to make improvements.
2006-11-01 13:24:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
i agree with you, but they are ill conceived and poorly executed upon, we should scrap them and come up with a much better system
2006-11-01 13:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have already been slated for decomissioning in 2010. Unfortunately, the promise of a cheap to operate, reusable launch vehicle never panned out.
The system is amazing in the sense that so much new (at the time) technology was packed in, but lots of people at NASA (including many of the early shuttle astronauts it turns out) knew it was a potentially dangerous system - much more so than Apollo, for instance.
The shuttles' replacement will - not surprisingly - be very Apollo-like in concept. It is intended to service the International Space Station and possibly go back to the Moon.
2006-11-01 21:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes more funds than we have available right now to upgrade the shuttles... Also, we cannot afford to let our space station go to waste... The solution should involve shuttle uprades, however, I'm not so sure we will see upgrades until the next shuttle blows up.
2006-11-01 21:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shuttles are always being upgraded. Endeavor is just out of the shop from it's last upgrade.
2006-11-02 17:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have been upgraded many times. But you are right, they are old. That is why NASA plans to retire them all in 4 years.
2006-11-01 21:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they should be upgraded and that's were the good intentions end.
With out funding it's all for nothing.
2006-11-01 21:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by Manny L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋