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Article: Scuttle the shuttle? the disastrous breakup of the space shuttle Columbia has prompted some scientists to call for an end to the space shuttle program. (Earth/Physical).
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- Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- April 11, 2003
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Objectives
This feature outlines some of the reasons scientists and historians have for discontinuing the space shuttle program.
Critical Thinking
* Present an original reason for either keeping or scuttling the space shuttle program.
* How else might NASA send astronauts into orbit?
National Science Education Standards
* Understandings about science and technology: technology's costs and side effects