Monday, February 22, 2010

Last rocket to be fired in Utah as final space shuttle launch nears


A remarkable era will come to an end later this week in Northern Utah. The people who've been building space shuttle rockets for more than a third of a century will perform the last test firing in Utah. The program is rapidly coming to an end, leaving many questions about the future of the space program and thousands of jobs in Northern Utah.

A train will soon take rockets to Florida for the last listed space shuttle launch. At ATK, formerly Thiokol, they've been making the massive rockets since the mid-70s. When there's a shuttle launch in Florida, Harry Reed, ATK Shuttle Program Manager, travels there every time.

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