Space Shuttle Discovery

Mercutio · 07-13-2005, 03:24 PM

The Discovery is scheduled to launch at 3:51 Eastern time (less than a half hour away) from the NASA base in Cape Canaveral, FL.

This is the first flight since the Columbia exploded 2 1/2 years ago.

***Jonathan*** · 07-13-2005, 03:29 PM

I heard they postponed the launch. Something wrong with a fuel sensor.
Too bad.

Mercutio · 07-13-2005, 04:02 PM

Yep. They had already postponed the launch from a month or so ago...now again.

Quote:

Workers were loading the seven astronauts into Discovery when they detected that one of four fuel sensors in the external tank wasn't giving a signal, National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman Allard Beutel said in an interview at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The sensors detect when there is a low level of liquid hydrogen in the external tank that would lead to the shuttle's main engines cutting off prematurely, Beutel said. The external tank provides fuel to the three main engines that propel the orbiter into space.

They might try to launch it tomorrow (if it's fixed in time).

Better safe than sorry though.

Tree Dweller · 07-13-2005, 04:08 PM

They might have a heck of a time launching it at all with the hurricane season that has been predicted.

***Khamûl*** · 07-14-2005, 01:23 AM

Since was a problem, I'm glad they went ahead and scrubbed the launch. Get it fixed, get it right. And then there was that problem a couple of days ago where the window protector came off and when it fell, it knocked off some protective tiles. I'm happy they fixed that, too. I hope they can get it off on their next open day, which will be Saturday.

Anglorfin · 07-14-2005, 11:20 AM

Those shuttles are old. I wonder if NASA has the funds to continue developement of a few new shuttles. I heard something about it a while ago but I guess they are still very prototype.

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