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Shuttle Delayed Due to Cloudy Skies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pins-and-needles dept.

PunkOfLinux writes "The shuttle won't be coming down until Tuesday, due to a decision by NASA that the weather was not good enough for re-entry. After the first two attempts, at around 4:45 and 6:25 this morning, NASA called off today's landing."

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  1. American engineering by evilandi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, of course! Presumably, the Shuttle comes from the same American school of engineering that sold helicopters that can't fly in cloud, to the British Ministry of Defence.

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    1. Re:American engineering by mirio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I guess the British are great engineers...which is why they fly their own helos instead of buying them from the Americans? What's your point, Troll?

  2. Re:Good luck to them by markov_chain · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bah! Why is nobody amazed when I experiment with gas/air mixture, change oil, change the water pump, and put in new shock absorbers??? My car can now position itself too!

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