Briefs: Finding a flight for the AMS; Last big contract for Ares I

Some in Congress are pushing for at least one additional Shuttle mission: It's hard to let go - Space Politics. The goal is to send the AMS cosmic antimatter search experiment to the ISS : Evaluating the worth of the AMS - Space Politics. (See a discussion in the comments about how COTS might figure into this problem.)
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The winner of the ARES I upper stage avionics contract will be announced on Dec. 12th: NASA Set to Announce Final Major Ares I Contract - SpaceRef.

Posted 12/06/07 | 13:38:30 by TopSpacer | Filed under: NASA

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Did you notice this Clarke?

http://www.nasaspaceflight....

That would be a big change to the top end.

Posted by Ab at 12/06/07 21:01:18

Ab,
Whoops, I thought I had posted that link but looks like I forgot it. Yes, I was a bit surprised that the LAS design had not been selected yet.
Thanks,
- Clark

Posted by TopSpacer at 12/06/07 21:20:15

I hope NASA is allowed to launch the AMS. It'd be nice to see the ISS actually being utilized for a significant science experiment.

Posted by anon at 12/07/07 08:06:18

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