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Astronauts Face New Frontier: Unemployment

By Traci WatsonFeb 26th 2010 – 7:48AM
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(Feb. 26) -- For 40 years, the American astronaut has been an icon of bravery and derring-do. But could these elite fliers be about to get their pink slips? Under a proposal by President Barack Obama, NASA's campaign to send astronauts to the moon would be canceled, and the spaceship NASA has been building to replace the...

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  • 09/21/10 Tourists taken out of this world Source: f2 Network A new space race is on, but astronauts need not apply for this mission, because well-heeled tourists will be filling the seats in the next generation of spaceships.

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