The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
In addition, many contractor employees for NASA, such as United Space Alliance employees, have already been told of their pending termination of their jobs.
On the other hand, if NASA cannot complete the assembly of the International Space Station by the retirement date of the Shuttle program, which is now set for September 30, 2010, then it is imperative, in my estimation, that extra time be allowed for such completion.
Currently, the last space shuttle mission is tentatively scheduled for September 16, 2010.
STS-134, with the space shuttle Discovery, is set to deliver the ULF5, ELC 4 (ExPRESS Logistics Carrier), ROEU (Remotely Operable Electrical Umbilical-755), and the AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) to the Space Station.
This additional year would slightly help to reduce the number of years between the retiring Space Shuttle program and the new Constellation program.
Space Shuttle would end (probably) near the end of 2011 and Constellatoin would begin sometime in 2015.
Thus, a lapse of about three to four years would be reasonably expected (from the beginning of 2012 to somewhere in 2015).
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