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Discovery Set to Launch July 13

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the checked-the-bags-preflight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The US space shuttle is set to launch July 13 for the first time in nearly two and a half years, after being grounded following the 2003 Columbia disaster, NASA said today. NASA experts held a final 'flight readiness review' meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to make a final decision."

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  1. Re:My memories by ThreeE · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Never has there been more reason to be proud. Our country has done the right thing despite it being unpopular.

    Being right and popular rarely go together.

    The invasion has eliminated a tyrant and there is no occupation...

    Terrorists are confined and treated better than they deserve...

    How do you put a price on freedom and our children's security...

    Our country still has the power to explore the heavens with what once was a mortal enemy... ...and the vision to explore cislunar space and beyond.

    If you can't be proud today, you must live in someplace called paris.