ISS in Trouble
In other physics related new, the International Space Station is now officially screwed. Apparently, due to a bit of a funding problem, the Space Shuttle is due to be retired in 2010. Our new spaceplane won't be ready until 2015. Our only chance of getting to the ISS between now and then is to borrow some of the Russian Soyuz capsules. However, given the current state of relations between our two countries, you can bet that we're not going to be seeing that anytime soon. So the US may be out of the ISS.
NASA, predictably, is throwing a fit. Meanwhile, experimental particle physicists, who hate the ISS with a passion, are snickering in their offices.
NASA, predictably, is throwing a fit. Meanwhile, experimental particle physicists, who hate the ISS with a passion, are snickering in their offices.