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Title: Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank following Sunday's launch scrub found a crack in the tank's foam insulation near a bracket holding a 17-inch oxygen feed line in place [TLBSHOW WARNS AND WARNS AGAINST THIS FLIGHT ]
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spaceflightnow
URL Source: http://www.drudgereport.com/
Published: Jul 3, 2006
Author: spaceflightnow
Post Date: 2006-07-03 11:45:55 by TLBSHOW
Keywords: None
Views: 319
Comments: 5
Crack found in external tank foam Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank following Sunday's launch scrub found a crack in the tank's foam insulation near a bracket holding a 17-inch oxygen feed line in place. Some engineers believe the crack must be repaired but senior managers say a variety of options are on the table, from fly as is to making repairs. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/index.html
Poster Comment: 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 posted yesterday by TLBSHOW [GOD]Thunderstorms Threaten NASA Shuttle Launch posted 2 days ago by TLBSHOW Shuttle launch to go ahead despite risk of 'catastrophic' faults posted 13 days ago by TLBSHOW
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#1. To: TLBSHOW (#0)
Shannon said he told his team, "What a great gift NASA could give to the nation to return the shuttle to operation on Independence Day." "If the weather is good, that's exactly what we'll do," he said. http://w ww.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/03/tech/main1773978.shtml
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I wuz hoping this would happen...
"When they come for your guns, it's time to use them."-Anthem
To: All They've spent billions trying to fix this, and can't. Time to place this type of problem in the "acceptable risk" category and proceed with the launch. Even if the chance of a major shuttle failure is 25%. 115 posted on 07/03/2006 2:52:34 PM EDT by Fitzcarraldo
WHAT THE HELL FLY ANYWAYS - ALWAYS ANOTHER GROUP TO TAKE THEIR PLACE IF THEY ALL DIE IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT -- I MEAN MURDER SINCE THEY KNOW THE TRUTH AND FLY ANYWAYS -
EARTH TO BUSH GROW THE HELL UP IDIOT
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