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NASA's Atlantis Ready For June 8 Launch

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

lifuchi writes "The guys and girls at NASA are at it again with Atlantis. The newly repaired space shuttle is set launch on June 8. The hail-damaged fuel tank has been repaired and is said to be a bit of an eyesore. Zee News is quoted as saying, 'Instead of being a uniform orange, it has a patchwork of white spots where technicians sprayed, scraped and filled fresh foam into the more than 4200 areas that were damaged during a freak hailstorm in February.'"

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  1. How much you want to bet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That in order to fix the shuttle, NASA just went to the closest Florida trailer park and said, "Fix this like you fix your trucks"?