Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Space Shuttles almost Ready to Re-Launch

Posted by timothy on from the let's-gather-to-contemplate-a-meeting-about-a-talk dept.

stagmeister writes "CNN and Space.com are reporting that the Return to Flight Task Group, the overseeing committee that determines when the Space Shuttles can go back into space, has reported that the only items blocking the Shuttles are issues 'related to tank debris, orbiter hardening and tile repair.' They plan to re-meet in later this month to finalize their decision. However, 'NASA has made clear it intends to resume shuttle flights with the repair capabilities it has in hand without knowing for sure whether they would work in an emergency.' Would you want your children flying a space shuttle that hasn't been properly beta-tested?"

5 of 279 comments (clear)

  1. Cue Helen Lovejoy! by Karl+Cocknozzle · · Score: 4, Funny
    Would you want your children flying a space shuttle that hasn't been properly beta-tested?

    Won't someone PLEASE think of the childen!
    --
    Who did what now?
  2. Obligatory Steve Buscemi Quote ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Funny
    Rockhound - "You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?"

    It seemed fitting ...

    --
    Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
  3. Re:The Only Things? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I really hate when people compare the obvious benefits of imperial conquest with the uselessness of the Space Shuttle.

  4. Task Group CYA by Urusai · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a blue-ribbon panel harrumphing and nodding as NASA does whatever it wants to. Did you expect something different from our government? I'm just surprised they don't have to consult the Flat Earth Society or put a disclaimer sticker on the Shuttle like:
    " This spacecraft was designed using science. Science is an unproven theory, nor is it mentioned in the Bible, so weigh these facts carefully and with skepticism as you decide if you are in with Jesus enough to ride the Shuttle without blowing up. "

  5. Misleading article by MikeSty · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Space Shuttles almost Ready to Re-Launch" Great ... but ... are they ready to land?