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Discovery Launch a No-Go, Again

Posted by timothy on from the but-they'll-miss-their-connections dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Tech Fragments that says "NASA has yet again postponed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, which was due to launch today, because of a hydrogen leak in the vent line between the external fuel tank and main engines. The vent line is at the intertank region of the external tank and is the overboard vent to the pad and the flare stack where the vented hydrogen is burned off. ... The NASA launch team is resetting to preserve the option of attempting a Thursday night liftoff at 8:54 p.m. EDT depending on what repairs are needed and what managers decide. The Mission Management Team is meeting at 5 p.m. today to discuss the issue." You can watch for updates on NASA's Space Shuttle page, too.

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  1. would u fly on that bird by hviniciusg · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    if you are an astronaut an the mission has been rescheduled like 3 times because of failiures on the ship would you fly on that? i wont, i guess that bird its to old to fly any more.

  2. ReiserFS??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why the fuck would you use a file system created by a murderer?

    1. Re:ReiserFS??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I recently opened the ReiserFS binary in a hex editor, and it apparently just consists of the following: "I DID IT I DIT IT I DID IT," over and over and over!

  3. Thank God They Aren't Riding On SpaceX! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They'd only have a ~20 percent chance of survival compared to the amazing track record of NASA's Space Shuttle!

  4. Shuttle not very green... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Burning this much rocket fuel can't be very green. Is NASA paying carbon offsets to some company to tear down rain forests and replace them with eucalyptus trees?