Nasa is to study whether the space shuttle programme could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010.
An internal e-mail leaked in an Orlando newspaper revealed it is being considered whether the shuttle could fly until 2015, when Nasa's next-generation space platform is expected to be completed.
The study comes amid economic concerns about the end of a programme that has brought thousands of jobs to Cape Canaveral, Houston and other places where shuttle components are produced.
Democratic nominee Barack Obama has called for 2 billion US dollars for Nasa to extend the shuttle past 2010.
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