Essay: As Shuttle Era Ends, Dreams of Space Linger

Monday, July 4, 2011 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

After 30 years, the last shuttle flight is scheduled for Friday, ending a program that was to have made spaceflight cheap and almost as routine as air travel.

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