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Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say
Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to space, the stalwart of NASA’s shuttle fleet evokes awe in its one-million-plus visitors every year.But it won’t be there for much longer, perhaps. Discoverythe showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, may be removed from its retirement home at the hands of perhaps the most unstoppable force in the universe—politics.In October came news reports of White House budget office plans to ship Discovery to Houston, removing it from its Smithsonian home at the behest of powerful Texas lawmakers. Uprooting the spacecraft, the workhorse of the space agency’s shuttle fleet, from...
Trump Moving Politics to the Center, Bringing Dems With Him
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s. Over the course of his political career, 25 states have voted for Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns. That’s the most states either party has won in three consecutive presidential elections since 38 states backed Reagan in 1980 and 1984, and his vice president and successor, George H.W. Bush, in 1988. Trump’s two wins (and one defeat) haven’t approached the heights Bush and especially Reagan reached in their consecutive victories: Trump has won the national popular vote only once (and has never crossed 50%), while Bush and Reagan crossed that threshold each time, with Reagan even nearing 60% in 1984.
But Trump has surpassed Reagan and Bush in consolidating...
America Is Moving Right. But for How Long?
Politics tamfitronics America Is Moving Right. But for How Long? | National Review
NASA and Boeing transferring ahead with Starliner test flight after propulsion concerns
Top Stories Tamfitronics LOS ANGELES — NASA and Boeing are making ready for a June 1 birth of the company’s CST-100 Starliner on a crewed test flight after prognosis of a helium leak resulted in the invention of a “build vulnerability” within the spacecraft’s propulsion machine.At a Might well additionally 24 briefing, officers stated they suspect about a helium leak detected in a response control machine (RCS) thruster within the spacecraft’s provider module is precipitated by a corrupt seal in a flange that is itself an isolated advise. No longer one of many diverse thrusters contain proven evidence of helium leaks after in depth trying out.Engineers stumbled on the leak rapidly after the Might well additionally 6 birth scrub for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission precipitated by an unrelated valve advise within the Atlas...
