NASA Clears Shuttle Fuel Tank for Flight

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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You tell me.

[A nonymous Coward]

It's nice to have a more functional space program again, isn't it?

I don't know. Do you? Is it more functional yet?

You tell me, as soon as you know, and not a moment sooner.

Great, so we're back to the early 80s

[EmbeddedJanitor]

This is progress?

Re:Private industry seems slow

[colenski]

What you say is very true, however, you have to contrast this with the vagracies of political will and pandering to voters in districts that make components for the US space program. This is why the Shuttle, the ISS, and NASA in general is such a frigging mess. Say what you will about the "independence" of NASA's program in getting buckets of money and given license to pursue pure science, there's something to be said about free market economics in terms of getting shit done.

'Cause they do.

Copyright Infringement.

[Jaruzel]

At the bottom of the article it clearly says:

Copyright 2006 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

However the Slashdot summary was a direct cut and paste of the opening paragraph of the article.

I get it now, the secret to getting submissions published on Slashdot is to just rape the text of the originating article for your summary.

-Jar.