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Space Shuttle - What's Next [WORDS]   ♧ at stake : ad. 내기에 걸려, 위태로워, 문제가 되어   ♧ fleet : n. (상선 등의) 선단, 한 회사의 전 차량   ♧ stripe : n. 종류, 줄무늬   ♧ vintage : n. …형, …년 식   ♧ commitment : n. 언질, 공약, 책임   ♧ fulfill : v. 완수하다, 이행하다, 실행하다, 달성하다   ♧ alienate : v. 관계 등이 소원하게 되다, 멀어지다, 이간하다   ♧ component : n. 구성요소, 성분, 부품   ♧ jeopardy : n. 위험  be in jeopardy - 위험에 처한   ♧ white elephant : n. 성가신/처치 곤란한 물건(옛날 샴의 국왕이 흰 코끼리를 미운  신하에게 하사하여 사육비로 골치를 앓게 했다는 이야기에서 비롯됨.)   ♧ magnificent : a. 장대한, 훌륭한, 멋진   ♧ ruin : n. 파멸시키다, 몰락시키다, 황폐하게 만들다 .       Well, there is more at stake here than just a single mission. The country's aging fleet of shuttles supports research of nearly every stripe and provides a lifeline to the international space station. Shuttles are essential to human activity in space. They're also increasingly expensive. ABC's John Berman now looks from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.   The shuttle is a 25-year-old dinosaur, which is due to retire in 2010.   "We're flying with 1970 vintage electronics. Now think about that for a minute. What do you have in your house that's electronic that is unchanged since you know the late 1970s?"   So, why are they flying it at all? Because NASA has commitments for 19 more critical missions. Sixteen of them - to complete construction of the international space station. The shuttle is the only space craft big enough to carry these parts scheduled for delivery over the next four years. Without them, the station would not fulfill its scientific promise and NASA would not fulfill its promises to international partners.    "That will permanently alienate their international partners on the space station, many of whom have made enormous investments in building components for the space station."   Without the shuttle, the Hubble space telescope is in jeopardy. It has provided so many beautiful pictures. But if the shuttle does not deliver a new battery, it could go dead within two years.   If the space shuttle does not finish its mission, it might mean that dozens of astronauts in training here might never get to space. And thousands of NASA employees could find their jobs in jeopardy.   But at nearly five billion dollars a year, many critics consider the shuttle NASA's white elephant.   "What a white elephant is it's a gift you give to someone that is so magnificent, that person can't refuse it. But it's so expensive to maintain. It will ruin them."   If it can't fly soon, critics say, it might not be worth flying at all.   John Berman, ABC News at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.