The Evaporation of US Space Station Science

Europe’s Columbus lab, saviour of the space station, arrives in US, The Guardian

“But the ISS project hit problems from the outset. The first piece of the ISS was launched in 1998 but, as costs mounted, Nasa began to cut its once-ambitious plans. The Columbia space shuttle accident in 2003 stalled progress, as all flights to add components to the ISS were put on hold. “Flash forward, the US has cut back on its labs dramatically,” said [Mr] Cowing. “It has cut back on the science that’s going on up there. It may well be that you end up with the bulk of people doing the science in the space station being either European or Japanese astronauts, or US astronauts doing research for Europe or Japan.”