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The NASA administrator, Michael D. Griffin, said at a news conference after the meeting that the agency planned 16 more flights of the space shuttle to finish the station by the end of the decade. Mr. Griffin said the adjusted sequence for building the station shifted priorities, moving up the completion of the station's platform. Even though some components will be dropped and a new assembly schedule has been introduced, Mr. Griffin said the completed station would do what it was originally intended to do. Michael D. Griffin, the NASA administrator, said the agency planned 16 more flights of the space shuttle to finish the station by the end of the decade. He said the adjusted sequence for building the station shifted priorities, moving up the completion of the station's platform. He also said that they don't like that.