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NASA Clears Shuttle Fuel Tank for Flight

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the back-in-action dept.

Screamer49 writes "CNN is reporting that NASA approved a major design change in the space shuttle's fuel tank on Wednesday, clearing the last major hurdle before shuttle flights can resume as early as July 1." It's nice to have a more functional space program again, isn't it?

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  1. A whole year? by NPN_Transistor · · Score: 3, Funny

    So it took an entire year to decide whether or not to attach a little piece of foam to the space shuttle? Even the development of Windows Vista is going faster than this!

  2. Re:Improvements by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Better colors?"

    Now that you mention it...

    NASA's PR department has done extensive research over the last 3 quarters and discovered that their audience is strangely disproportionately skewed towards males. In an effort to interest young girls in NASA, the external tank will be repainted in "OMG! Ponies!" pink. There are also plans to take a pony up to ISS. :^)