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Space Shuttle Goes Back to Work

Posted by Zonk on from the yay-space! dept.

dalewj writes "The Discovery rolled over from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center this morning. May 15th is the scheduled launch for STS-114. I was at NASA last month and got to see the payload for the space station thru lots of glass and I have to wonder, how far behind is the space station at this point?"

4 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Challenger, Columbia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I can't wait to see the sequel!! It just gets better and better!!

  2. Re:What Space Station? by QMO · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's not a moon.

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    Exam 4/C again. Maybe I'll do better this time.
  3. Re:How far behind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't be dense, the Shuttle is re-usable

    Right up until the point it explodes, yes.

  4. Re:Why does... by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hello moderator:
    I figured you would pull that stunt. Read the the very first sentence of TMFA, you fool! Then try to make the feeblest effort to understand. Someone needs to watch the watchers.

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    What?