Government shutdown will ground NASA almost entirely

foxnews.com - NASA is among those federal government agencies that will experience a near total closure Tuesday as the threatened government shutdown became reality Oct. 1. But a government shutdown should not endanger American astronauts currently in space."NASA will shut down almost entirely, but Mission Control will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the space station," U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday during a statement delivered from the White House.