STS-136 - can it still happen?

[Orbiter]

I was reading back a bit to this NSF article posted on July 1st 2010.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/07/nasa-refine-launch-dates-deadline-for-sts-135/

STS-136 would fly with Endeavour and ET-94 for a mission in 2012. Can it still happen or is there no chance? I haven't heard much about STS-136 in the last few months given we were lucky as it was to have STS-135 added to the manifest.

Orbiter

[psloss]

I was reading back a bit to this NSF article posted on July 1st 2010.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/07/nasa-refine-launch-dates-deadline-for-sts-135/

STS-136 would fly with Endeavour and ET-96 for a mission in 2012. Can it still happen or is there no chance? I haven't heard much about STS-136 in the last few months given we were lucky as it was to have STS-135 added to the manifest.

Nits aside, that's a long time ago in policy-making time.  (Or, policy-not-making.)

The only chance is commercial Shuttle operations, and it's probably a slim one.  There are similarly long threads here about that.

[brueyh1976]

considering that homes have now been found for the orbiters and that STS-135 has now been confirmed as the final mission in the Shuttle programme, I really can't see it happening to be honest.

[Chris Bergin]

This was last Summer and was related to the initial whisperings of the commercial use of Shuttle.

[brettreds2k]

So is there even a tank left over for this? I know there is no shot it will happen, But just curious about ET-94, is that a tank that was never used that is still out there??

[Chris Bergin]

Yep, that tank is at MAF. Needs RTF mods and would be the downmass hit, but that tank is in storage at MAF. In fact they moved it to a new storage bay this year.

To be clear, the Shuttle Program's over after STS-135, unless something amazing happens with the CCDEV-2 situation.

Kinda waiting for someone to post "Awww, Bergin, what's all this STS-136 nonsense" because an old article's been bumped.

[psloss]

To be clear, the Shuttle Program's over after STS-135, unless something amazing happens with the CCDEV-2 situation.

Yes, and at this point additional missions are a secondary or later issue, contingent on the outcome of whether the USA study proposal is funded in CCDEV-2.  The commercial proposal supersedes this and there's a long discussion in that thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24010.0

(Including production issues, long leads, etc.)