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18 years 9 months ago #13831 by albertw
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Discovery Launch Delayed

NASA managers scrubbed the launch of Discovery today due to an apparent problem with the spacecraft.


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18 years 9 months ago #13834 by kevin
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SHUTTLE MISSION CANCELLED
well it`s been called of folks ,something about a sensor reading not being right,better safe than sorry.but there`s hope yet they have till the31 in this lunch window so here`s hoping and gods speed to all at NASA .

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18 years 9 months ago #13835 by albertw
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something about a sensor reading not being right


an ecosensor according to nasa tv, who didnt elaborate on what that is, but it sounds important.
They are troubleshooting now and will have a press conference at 4.30.

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18 years 9 months ago #13836 by albertw
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Or according to the website:

NASA has scrubbed the launch of Discovery because of a problem with a fuel tank sensor designed to protect the Shuttle's engines by shutting them down if fuel runs low.


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18 years 9 months ago #13838 by John OBrien
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NASA has scrubbed the launch of Discovery because of a problem with a fuel tank sensor designed to protect the Shuttle's engines by shutting them down if fuel runs low.


Er... Ok... isn't that kinda redundant, the engines are gona shut down no matter what!

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