[anymouse]

Yes, but where do the workers at Michoud live and how do they get to work? The Michoud area is pretty low and not easy to get to even without hurricane damage.

The NASA Stennis test center apparently was fairly well saved, but it too is not easily accessable. The Navy helicopters were taking food and water to those that stayed during the storm, so I'm sure SSME testing Stennis is going to be off-line for a while as well.

[RightWhale]

It's going to be quite a commute from Baton Rouge or Houston.

[NCC-1701]

Doesn't the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama have a SSME test stand. The one that was used to test Saturn V stages. As has been stated, the facilities may have survived, the people that work there and run things need lodging. Another tough year the shuttle program. However, in light of the larger tragedy of Katrina, this is small potatoes.