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5 Horrifying Facts You Didn't Know About the Space Shuttle - Forbes

this is a follow up to the previous post about Space X preparing a docking mission with the space station.  While we loved the shuttle it had some serious drawbacks and to hold on to obsolete technology is to not embrace new technology.  We can miss and old friend, even though it was not extremely successful, but it's time to move on.  As long as we move on to something new we will be OK.