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Astronaut Sees Shuttle As Safer With Fixes, But Says Orion-Ares To Be Safer Yet

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Establishing Camp On Moon Wise Before Moving On To Mars, Foreman Says Space shuttles have become far safer with engineering changes made in response to the tragic loss of Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, according to an astronaut who early tomorrow morning will fly into orbit on Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-123 Mission. Michael J. Foreman, a spacewalking mission specialist, said the proof is in the pudding as far as NASA figuring out how to prevent another Columbia-like disaster.…

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