Researchers find silver lining in delay to work on space station

摘要

An announcement last week by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of a delay of up to 11 months in construction of the International Space Station may have angered the project's supporters in Congress. But in is good news for scientists, as the agency plans to fly additional research missions on the space shuttle now that it will not be tied up delivering pieces of the station to orbit.