NASA

NASA is not closing, it is simply shutting down the space shuttle program. It is doing so for two main reasons. First, the space shuttles are over 30 years old and out of date and of course the funding had basically disappeared. They are now putting more time into exploring the rest of space and this possibly may be able to help explore different worlds such as our own. There are 3 different kinds of flying devices being made in America as we speak. They are by Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corp. The first two are just little capsule style shuttles with a parachute landing device and the Sierra Nevada Corp. is building a smaller space ship named the Dream Chaser.

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