NASA Scrubs Launch Due to Faulty Fuel-Tank Sensor

VUSE g-EE-k writes "NASA has scrubbed Wednesday's launch of Discovery due to a faulty fuel-tank sensor in the external fuel tank. They are going to begin the troubleshooting process. They have not released details as to how long this delay will last. The crew have begun to get off the shuttle. For more information, see the NASA TV site. Drudge Report has some initial coverage of the scrub." Reader adefa adds a link to NASA's Space Shuttle launch page with more info.

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Re:Drudge - WTF?!?

[infonography]

press credential?, only one for the White House. Most people who go to the Drudge site are using only one hand to type.

It's Matt Drudge..

[cybrthng]

He helped push the Clinton Impeachment with "breaking news" and crap like that.

Basically a wannabe Murdoch but having to stick with a syndicated radio show and pathetic website. Republicans can't get enough of him.

Scrap it and get us off oil instead

[CokeBear]

This whole space program is a huge waste of money anyway. I say scrap the whole thing, with the exception of monitoring things that have already been launched, like Pioneer, Voyager and those doodads on Mars.

Take all the money you save (and all those smart people) and assign the task of making America energy independant within 10 years. With any luck, the oil won't run out before then, and you will have solved a huge immediate problem while still employing all those scientists and spending all those tax dollars. (I'd thought about suggesting giving the tax dollars back to the taxpayers, but that seems to be too revolutionary an idea for this government right now.)