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NASA Space Shuttle Workforce Transition Strategy Third Report

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

NASA has released its third NASA Space Shuttle Workforce Transition Strategy report. According to the introduction:

This Third Edition follows the release of the President’s detailed FY 2010 budget submit and establishment of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. These recent events have reaffirmed the Administration’s commitment to the broad goals laid out in current U.S. space exploration policy. Therefore, NASA’s focus in the near-term remains unchanged – to safely and successfully fly out the remaining eight Space Shuttle missions, including a mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station (ISS), complete assembly of the ISS, and continue to bring the initial operating capability (IOC) for Orion and Ares I online as soon as possible after Shuttle retirement. This update focuses on particular activities that have occurred since the October 2008 edition was released . . .