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NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights (AP)

The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, pilot James Dutton, mission specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, commander Alan Poindexter, mission specialists Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson and mission specialist Clayton Anderson, leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the shuttle at pad 39a during their prelaunch training, called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 5, 2010.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.


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