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Space Shuttle Heading Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ignore-the-leak dept.

Reuters is reporting that the shuttle has been prepping for a return to Earth, stowing gear and checking systems. Their expected return is tomorrow morning, around 9am EDT. From the article: "During tests on Sunday a leaking power unit for the shuttle flight control system appeared to be in good enough shape for landing and the jets that steer the spacecraft worked fine, NASA engineers said. The shuttle crew was still awaiting word on whether Discovery's heat shield had passed a final inspection performed on Saturday, but scans conducted with cameras and sensors throughout the flight had so far turned up no damage."

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  1. i'll bring the marshmellows by jon787 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can bring the marshmellows is someone else can bring the chocolate and graham crackers!

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  2. Entering.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...BOOM!

  3. Re:Cojones by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That just shows you value MONEY over other things in life. You sir are PETTY.

  4. So no disaster. Any successes? by Vo0k · · Score: -1, Troll

    No disaster during launch. Minor problems detected while in orbit. Then hopefully successful landing. And we have the shuttle on a complete finished successful roundtrip from Earth into orbit and back.

    Gagarin did about as much.

    Now did/will the shuttle do anything beyond that? Any delivery? Any research? Any discoveries? Anything more than launch, orbit, landing?

    Any voice of this in the press? Any actual -success-, or just no failure?

    Of course I'll be glad to hear here what they -actually- do besides the routine of flying the shuttle and assuring safe return, but even more I'll be glad to hear why no media write about it.

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