In an interview
on Sept. 27, NASA administrator Michael Griffin said that the space
shuttle and the international space station were both mistakes, the
wrong path to have chosen. Why does he think so? Do you
agree? The point is not whether NASA did a bad job in developing
the shuttle but whether the shuttle was the best choice of technology
to develop.
Criticism of the space shuttle:
A very important article:
Alex Roland, “The Shuttle: Triumph or Turkey?” Discover (November 1985): 29-49.
Available on e-reserves--you will find the link on the HIST 122 course information page on Blackboard.
NASA's Mea Culpa
An earlier speech by Griffin
A Rocket to Nowhere
Burden Returns as NASA Admits We Were Wrong
Critics Seize on Grounding to Question Shuttle's Future
The Space Shuttle: The Solution that Failed
In Favor of the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Benefits
Mike Kahn testimony
How Jim Fulton Saved the Space Shuttle
Future of the Space Shuttle is Linked to the Space Station's
note also that the historical links in the section below will give you the advantages originally expected for the space shuttle
Resources:
bibliography and links on the Shuttle accidents
reactions to the statement
Developing the Space Shuttle
Weighing Costs and Benefits of Human Space Flight
Debate about Shuttle's Future Heats Up
Criticism of the space shuttle:
A very important article:
Alex Roland, “The Shuttle: Triumph or Turkey?” Discover (November 1985): 29-49.
Available on e-reserves--you will find the link on the HIST 122 course information page on Blackboard.
NASA's Mea Culpa
An earlier speech by Griffin
A Rocket to Nowhere
Burden Returns as NASA Admits We Were Wrong
Critics Seize on Grounding to Question Shuttle's Future
The Space Shuttle: The Solution that Failed
In Favor of the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Benefits
Mike Kahn testimony
How Jim Fulton Saved the Space Shuttle
Future of the Space Shuttle is Linked to the Space Station's
note also that the historical links in the section below will give you the advantages originally expected for the space shuttle
Resources:
bibliography and links on the Shuttle accidents
reactions to the statement
Developing the Space Shuttle
Weighing Costs and Benefits of Human Space Flight
Debate about Shuttle's Future Heats Up