NEWSTALK 860 » space shuttle retirement http://ksfa860.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:52:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NASA Boss Bolden Decided Houston Wouldn't Get Retired Space Shuttle http://ksfa860.com/nasa-boss-bolden-decided-houston-wouldnt-get-retired-space-shuttle/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-boss-bolden-decided-houston-wouldnt-get-retired-space-shuttle/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:45:09 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=9752 We all remember how we felt when we learned that Houston will not be getting one of the retired space shuttle orbiters, despite the city’s long history with the space program.  Now we know why.

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