28 July 2005

Crap - Shuttles on hold

    Until we’re ready, we won’t go fly again. I don’t know when that might be.
      Shuttle program manager Bill Parsons
Today Discovery docked with the ISS, after performing a back-flip maneuver to inspect the whole shuttle. Unfortunately, there's bad news with the good. The fleet is grounded as NASA determined that a foam piece came loose during launch. Thankfully, it looks like Discovery came through unscathed.

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