SPACE STATION:
Partners Protest U.S. Plans to Shrink Crew
Andrew Lawler
A U.S. plan to scale back the international space station has triggered a revolt among the project's foreign partners, who fear the cuts would ruin their research programs. Led by Canada, the partners are demanding a meeting with U.S. officials to try to reverse cost-saving moves that could leave the station with half its planned six-member crew.