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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related developments from around the world. In Florida, shuttle Atlantis glides to a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, concluding the final shuttle mission. Meanwhile, debate continues to swirl about the future of NASA’s human space flight program. The Hubble Space Telescope finds a new moon at Pluto. More on plight of NASA shuttle workers faced with finding new employment.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: Shuttle Atlantis returns safely from NASA’s final shuttle mission. The four astronauts’ touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m., EDT, ending the 30-year program. For updates from the runway.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/status.html
A. From Space.com: As the shuttle program ends, the competition among commercial space transportation companies heats up. Some of the names and shapes of the spacecraft are familiar, some concepts are new.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12350-private-space-race-nasa-shuttle-retirement.html
2. From The Houston Chronicle: In an editorial, the Houston newspaper laments the shuttle’s retirement, while expressing concerns it could lead to loss of leadership in other vital areas of national interest.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7660565.html
A. From Spacepolitics.com: A reflection on the flurry of comments surrounding the final days of the last shuttle mission and NASA’s future, including a challenge to some of the claims.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/07/20/briefly-lamenting-the-shuttles-end-and-nasas-future/
B. From Spacepolicyonline.com: The American Astronautical Society cautions that cutbacks in spending on science and technology may undermine U. S. economic growth.
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1719:aas-warns-against-cuts-to-sat-investments-especially-space&catid=67:news&Itemid=27
C. From the Houston Chronicle: Atlantis crew ends 13-day mission on high note.
http://blog.chron.com/finalmission/2011/07/on-whats-likely-their-last-day-in-space-atlantis-crew-thinks-of-the-people-back-home/
3. From USAToday: The Hubble Space Telescope reveals a fourth moon circling distant Pluto. At 650 miles across, ‘P4″ joins Charon, Hydra and Nix.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/07/hubble-points-to-plutos-fourth-moon/1
4. From CNN.com: For several thousand contractors, the end of the final NASA shuttle mission means finding new jobs. Those previously laid off are looking near and far — as far as Afghanistan — to find employment.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/07/19/shuttle.workers/
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