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A new round of murmurs on accelerating the shuttle retirement in the news today.<br /><br />The gist of the first/primary article is:<br />(1) Retire one of the shuttles in 2007 (leaving 2)<br />(2) Retire a second shuttle in 2009 (leaving 1)<br />(3) Retire remaining shuttle in 2010<br />(4) Reduce the number of flights (and ISS configuration)<br />(5) Redirect the money to accelerate the VSE<br /><br />Other configurations are being looked at. The 60-day study of the shuttle retirement and the VSE plan (including the CEV) (which are intimately connected) probably won't be announced until Discovery returns to home.<br /><br /><br />NASA and White House Discuss Early Shuttle Fleet Retirement<br />Frank Sietzen, Jr. and Keith L. Cowing<br />http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1048<br /><br /><br />Scuttle The Shuttle Says Space Frontier Foundation- Space Shuttle is a Waste of Taxpayer Funds<br />http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05zp.html<br /><br /><br />Has the shuttle peaked?<br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8546818/#050713a