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Gas leak postpones space shuttle Discovery launch
google/AP ^
| 15 minutes ago
| By MARCIA DUNN
Posted on 03/11/2009 1:53:24 PM PDT by xcamel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the international space station Wednesday because of a hydrogen gas leak that could have been catastrophic at liftoff. The leak was in the same system that has already caused a vexing one-month delay. Shuttle managers were shooting for another launch attempt Thursday night provided they could fix the problem quickly.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nasa; shuttle; shuttlediscovery; spaceshuttle
oopsie..
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posted on
03/11/2009 1:53:24 PM PDT
by
xcamel
To: xcamel
Sorry, those burritos really send my bowels in a tizzy...
To: xcamel
Shuttle managers were shooting for another launch attempt Thursday night provided they could fix the problem quickly..........and it doesn't spring another leak
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posted on
03/11/2009 1:56:32 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget (July 4, 2009 see you there))
To: xcamel
Wasn't me.
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posted on
03/11/2009 2:01:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
03/11/2009 2:06:19 PM PDT
by
Thunder90
To: paul51
Discovery (OV-03) will be 25 years old this year. I have also heard that the shuttle pads are in dire need of an overhaul. I will hate to see them retire before we have a replacement man rated space flight vehicle but this system is just plain old.
The NappyOne
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posted on
03/11/2009 2:28:44 PM PDT
by
NappyOne
To: markman46; AntiKev; wastedyears; ALOHA RONNIE; RightWhale; anymouse; Brett66; SunkenCiv; ...
Stupid Nasa....
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:17:24 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: cripplecreek
Hahaha
A stupidly funny movie.
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:23:33 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:42:09 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: xcamel
New info-
A fuel leak meant Wednesday’s launch would be delayed until Sunday at the earliest, the US space agency said.
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:43:37 PM PDT
by
John W
To: John W
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:47:31 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
Those SBD’s can be deadly.
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
03/11/2009 6:30:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: SunkenCiv; All
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posted on
03/11/2009 6:31:39 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: xcamel
Quick launch up some Beano on the next shuttle. ;)
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:39:35 PM PDT
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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