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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Absolutely! Get rid of that high-tech money-wasting, astronaut-killing machine: Scuttle the Shuttle!
MJ
NASA’s Foamy Business
A year old post of mine, titled Debris Falling from Discovery has been my most-read page ever. Another piece, Time to Dump the Shuttle also attracted a lot of readers:
“This is sickening… with all the billion$ spent on the Space program, we’re deali…