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Title: NASA Shuttle Launch now set for 4TH OF JULY - THIS 'catastrophic' faults LAUNCH COULD BE A TRAGEDY THAT BUSH IS PUSHING AS HE KNOWS IT IS NOT SAFE
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URL Source: http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=1202
Published: Jul 2, 2006
Author: VARIOUS
Post Date: 2006-07-02 14:19:12 by TLBSHOW
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Nasa is to press ahead with next month's space shuttle launch against the advice of the agency's chief safety officer and top engineer, who have warned that the same problems that doomed Columbia in 2003 could lead to another catastrophe. The decision followed two days of "spirited discussion" among senior managers at Kennedy Space Centre about the risk of foam insulation falling from Discovery's fuel tank and striking the shuttle during its planned lift-off on July 1. Michael Griffin, the Nasa administrator, overruled colleagues who wanted the mission postponed for safety improvements, arguing that there was no danger. "We have elected to take the risk," he said. But he admitted that a "major incident" would lead to the closure of the 26-year-old shuttle programme and the likely scrapping of the half-built International Space Station. "If we were to lose another vehicle, I would be moving to figure out a way to shut the programme down," he said. "I think at that point we're done."
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