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Space Shuttle One Step Closer To July Launch

Posted by timothy on from the how-to-launch-public-money-into-space dept.

Mictian writes "The risk to the space shuttle from launch debris, mainly ice falling off the external tank, has been reduced and is now low enough to be considered 'an acceptable risk,' NASA's shuttle engineers and managers concluded in the debris verification meeting held Saturday at Kennedy Space Center. The board recommended a green light for a July launch, which Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons accepted. The independent Return to Flight Task Group will hold its final meeting on June 27th to determine if the remaining 3 (out of 15) hurdles to launch are cleared, as mentioned in previous Slashdot coverage."

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  1. Re:Successor to the shuttle? by kihjin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Cylons attack...

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  2. Re:Is it worth it? by Council · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if ((A isNot B) == (&A != &B)) { return new Patent(this->Innovation()) }

    What does &A mean, in this context?

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  3. OMFG by Uber+Banker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Richard Whitley is DEAD!

    RIP, oh great pun one.

    1. Re:OMFG by floron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      oh no. He was Commanding. And a Worldly.