NASA (news - web sites) released today a status report on safely returning space shuttles to flight. Presently, the space agency has a shuttle liftoff slated for no earlier than March 2005. Called NASA's Implementation Plan for Space Shuttle Return to Flight and Beyond, the report is putting into action the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) recommendations after the tragic loss of the seven-person crew and craft on February 1, 2003 during atmospheric reentry. NASA's just issued plan points out that considerable progress has been made in the past months in the agency's return to flight efforts and to make...