Gloomy Days Ahead for ISS and Shuttle

NASA May Cut Shuttle Flights and Reduce Science on Station, Science (subscription)

“But Griffin’s job over the next several months will be to satisfy a White House eager to move beyond the station, placate foreign partners frustrated by delays, and convince lawmakers that he isn’t ignoring station science. “With a radically reduced [shuttle] flight rate, the change is going to be traumatic,” warns one official. “We’re in a mess.” That mess may well prove more daunting than a successful return to flight aboard Discovery.”