Posted on 12/04/2010 9:51:02 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Space shuttle Discovery’s final mission is off until February.
NASA managers announced the latest delay for Discovery on Friday. They say they need more time to analyze cracks in the shuttle’s fuel tank. The damage cropped up following a failed launch attempt in early November.
Discovery remains on the launch pad, holding a load of equipment for the International Space Station. Officials want to conduct a fueling test to better understand the problem.
Officials say they will tentatively aim for a liftoff on Feb. 3. That will result in a postponement for shuttle Endeavour, which had been scheduled to soar at the end of February.
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That’s one way to avoid the layoff
They might end up destacking and using a new External Tank.
At this point the best possible outcome is that the vehicle successfully performs its last mission, no matter when. As we can see, the STS is simply too old now to be operated on any rigid schedule.
It may be even cheaper and safer to cancel the mission altogether and lift the materials to the ISS on expendable rockets. It's probably not good for the Shuttle to sit on the launchpad for months, during most of the winter. If something is not broken yet then by February it will be.
Infidels don't need to be going into space while the Umma starve in their own waste.
Time to redistribute the wealth of the infidels, and search them as they fly to and fro.
No need to worry about safety, Allah will provide.
Pack the shuttle full of muslims and blast it into a outreach mission to the sun.
That’s a very common opinion down here in Florida. ;)
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