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Miles O'Brien Reflects on Shuttle Program Shortcomings

Clip: 4/17/2012 | 2m 45s

Miles O'Brien on Discovery's Final Flight, Shuttle Program Shortcomings.

Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride Tuesday morning from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, where it will live out its final days. NewsHour Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the event from Cape Canaveral. He reflects on what Discovery's final journey means for Florida and where the shuttle program fell short.

04/17/2012

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