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Shuttles Grounded Once Again

Posted by samzenpus on from the ground-control dept.

PipianJ writes "After discovering that the piece of the shuttle that fell off mysteriously, not actually striking it, (as reported earlier) was a piece of foam insulation not unlike the piece that ended up in the destruction of Columbia, Yahoo News reports that NASA has once again grounded the shuttle fleet."

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  1. I'm probably not the first to say it but... by swelke · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm probably not the first to say it but...

    Dangit, not again!

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  2. Re:FP? by CastrTroy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yes. Seems to me like they should just junk the whole shuttle program and go back to Saturn/Apollo type rockets. They've had nothing but problem with the shuttles. All the other space countries are still using rockets. They need to admit it is a lost cause and move onto something new.

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