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Why did NASA end the shuttle program?

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Why did nasa end the space shuttle program?

Too expensive.


When did NASA end?

The end of NASA has not yet ever been discussed but the Space Shuttle program is scheduled to end in December 2011.


Is the space shuttle program over?

she was in nasa and nasa as a space shuttle is know shut down so yes the program is over


Who came up with the space shuttle program?

nasa


What is the name of the next space shuttle to be launched by NASA?

The shuttle program has been completed. There will be no more shuttle launches.


What is the name of the space shuttle that NASA just launched into space this morning?

A:The shuttle Discovery blasted off Monday morning as STS-131. Three more launches and the Shuttle program will come to an end


In which industry are the flying shuttle and spinning jenny?

nasa"s space program


When did Space Shuttle program end?

Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.


How many space shuttle flights has NASA flown?

As of the end of February 2010, NASA has flown 130 space shuttle flights, two of them ending in catastrophe.


Why was the NASA shuttle program shut down?

NASA is shutting down the space program because the ISS (international space station) will no further need any assistance. NASA also has completed it missions with the space shuttle program just like it is done with Apollo. But this does 100% mean that NASA is not shutting down. Their are many other missions that future astronaut's will discover. Such as the Constellation Program, and mission to Mars.


Why did NASA retire the space shuttle program?

Because of budgets, the aging orbiters, and unfortunately.. Politics.


Where is the NASA space shuttle program located?

NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration's) Space Shuttle Program (SSP) has been retired following the end of the last space shuttle mission, STS-135 (Space Transportation System 135), which landed in the pre-dawn darkness hours of Thursday, July 21, 2011 (coincidentally, the day after the 42nd anniversary of the first Moon landing) at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) (runway) at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. All ten NASA centers played some kind of a role and provided support for every space shuttle mission and for the operations of the Space Shuttle Program as a whole, however the Space Shuttle Program office was located at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Space Center (JSC) at Houston, TX.