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Shuttle-C, NASA’s unmanned space shuttle that could have built giant missions in orbit, then got canceled

After Challenger reshaped NASA’s risk tolerance, Shuttle-C emerged as a bold plan to replace the orbiter with an uncrewed cargo carrier, using the existing shuttle stack to loft massive payloads for ...
Flightglobal

Will son of Shuttle-C replace NASA's Ares?

A concept almost as old as the Space Shuttle itself is being considered as a replacement for NASA's Constellation programme return-to-the-Moon Ares rockets. Above: Artist's impression of a Space ...
PBS

The Case to Save the Shuttle

To alert the public, my colleagues and I formed the Shuttle Advocates Team (SAT), an informal group of mostly retired Rockwell and Boeing engineers, with many years of experience working on the space ...
Washington Times

Shuttle Discovery flyover dazzles D.C. area

Tom Couch, left, of Chantilly, Va., and Carlos Rodriguez of Dumfries, Va., wait outside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 to see the space shuttle ...
Fast Company

Shuttle C

NASA Gets a $6 Billion Booster for Mars and Beyond Find hope in this, NASA, science and Mars fans: President Obama's new stance on NASA's funding will likely pump no less than $6 billion into the ...