News Analysis: As Space Priorities Shift, Orbiting Station Takes On a Central Role
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 21:07
in Astronomy & Space
If the International Space Station were ever abandoned, the United States’ human spaceflight program would lose one of its last remaining reasons for being.
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