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Now that Discovery and crew are safe on deck, the NASA team can get busy, and figure out this foam issue so we can get Atlantis in the air next month. I would not want to place a bet in Vegas but let's see if all of that brain power at the Cape can come up with a solution.. One
The Space Shuttle Discovery landing has been delayed for 24 hours due to uncertain weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center.
The shuttle is scheduled to land in the early morning hours eastern standard time, and for once I will be able to watch live as the shuttle will land about the time the evening news comes on here. More to follow immediately following the landing. [NASA]
I think the plan as outlined in the linked New York Times article is dead on. I have always wondered why NASA had gone away from heavy lift vehicles, and it's nice to see that they are back on the drawing board. I hope that they proceed with the design as outlined and build em fast. [New York Times]
Lets just say NASA is going to be looking at recycling some water in space. The source is not what you would expect. [Wired]
NASA is in the middle of the spacewalk to not only work on the ISS but also to go under the space shuttle. [NASA]
I just can not get over the fact that we have flown as many Shuttle flights as we have, and only 1 flight after the Columbia disaster they want to go down their and pull out some spacers. This just blows me away. The question I want answered is how many previous shuttle missions have come come with this spacer