NEW Shuttle problem:  “A couple of short strips of filler material dangling from Discovery’s

belly had NASA scrambling Sunday to determine whether the protrusions

might endanger the space shuttle during re-entry and whether the

astronauts might need to attempt a repair. The potential trouble has

nothing to do with launch debris ….” read more

This is sickening… with all the billion$ spent on the Space program,

we’re dealing with pieces of foam, tape, glue, pieces of junk

protruding, falling off…  are we talking about kids’s toy models

or space-age design and materials here?    As so many

other’s stated, instead of band-aiding it, it’s time to dump the old Shuttle , and either build a brand new one, or leave space travel to the Russians … or perhaps Private Enterprise.

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