BBC News | Nasa searches web for shuttle parts

The American space agency (Nasa) has begun trawling the internet for spare parts for its shuttles, according to United Space Alliance, the company that runs the shuttle fleet.
The shuttles, first launched in 1981, often rely on computer components that are so out of date, they are no longer made.
The orbiters even use a type of computer disk drive that was outmoded by the end of the 1970s.