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Shuttle Missions Will Be Monitored From Space

Posted by timothy on from the big-picture dept.

los furtive writes "According to this news article NASA has made an agreement with the U.S. military so that all future shuttle missions will be monitored by National Imagery and Mapping Agency satellites."

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  1. There's going to be another shuttle mission? by TerryAtWork · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have got bad news for you. The shuttle is as doomed as Saddam.

    Sorry.

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  2. Well, duh by Artful+Codger · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's law that every commercial road vehicle (eg. a $50,000 truck) must receive a quick visual inspection EVERY DAY before heading out.

    Especially when they knew that there was the possibility of damaged tiles from the incidents at launch, why wasn't some sort of inspection performed?

    I still find it hard to believe that some sort of visual inspection isn't part of the routine, and that inspection wasn't requested when they knew that damage from launch may have occurred.

    Maybe X10 will give them some sort of deal on a pallet of wireless cameras.

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