Louis Lanzerotti
Louis Lanzerotti
agency believe both current decision direction early flight keeping key lead mission open options points prudent return robotic shuttle stages status technical uncertain year
The uncertain current status of the shuttle return to flight as well as uncertainties in the early stages of development of the robotic mission lead us to believe that the key technical decision points are at least a year in the future. Keeping both options open would be a prudent direction for the agency to take.