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NASA Ponders Postponing Launch until July

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the wait-for-it dept.

BitFluid writes "According to Sun-Sentinel.com, NASA is considering postponing its Return to Flight shuttle launch because of 'ongoing concern about possible ice buildup on a liquid oxygen propellant line.' Apparently, that stuff turns into debris on launch, a risk they need time to investigate. If delayed, the target launch window becomes July 13 through July 31."

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  1. To use old slang.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Postpone it again? Thats cold man...real cold

  2. Let's give it up already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's stop messing around with this piece of shit and develop something wonderful through international cooperation. Just like in The Contact.

    1. Re:Let's give it up already by DisasterDoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

      We will as soon as the aliens beam us the plans.

  3. Nasa... here by William+Robinson · · Score: 4, Funny
    NASA's focus in recent weeks has been more on ice debris than foam.

    Hmm.. I guess they need my shovell. It take care of my car during winter.

    --
    hilarious
  4. Ice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember all the ice raining off the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo rockets in the launch movies?

    All those guys said was "Let's light this candle"

  5. Was I the only one who... by shreevatsa · · Score: 5, Funny

    read this as "NASA Ponders Postponing Lunch until July?

  6. Obviously.. by lordfoul · · Score: 4, Funny

    This postponement is so they will have more time to copy the features of Tiger...

    1. Re:Obviously.. by michaeldot · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, NASA uses OS X to check the weather, not to launch shuttles. Mission critical, not mission chic.

      (I'll admit, the dashboard weather widget is pretty cool though.)

  7. Am I the only one... by bombshelter13 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only one who initially read this as 'NASA Ponders Postponing Lunch until July'?