National Geographic

Huge Job Losses After Shuttle Program Ends, NASA Hints

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080402-AP-nasa.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080402-AP-nasa_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>More than 8,000 contractor jobs in the U.S. manned space program could be cut after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010, the U.S. space agency said.</p> </td> </tr></table>