NASA just can't do things right

[ThreeD]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/27/space.shuttle/index.html

"Pieces of debris tore away from the shuttle Discovery during liftoff Tuesday -- despite NASA spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused the 2003 Columbia disaster. A piece of insulating foam falling from the external fuel tank during Columbia's launch was blamed for the deaths of its seven crew. "Until we fix this, we're not ready to go fly again," shuttle program manager Bill Parsons told reporters at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. "You can say that means they're grounded."Several smaller pieces also tore away, a NASA spokesman said. But officials said they do not believe the foam hit the orbiter and damaged the spacecraft."

2 years ago they also said the crew members were not in danger, we all remember what happened

 

[AsclepiusZ]

what can you say. everyone knows its a risky field

 

[Robson]

Definitly, lets hope it doesn't impact the current project in space and everyone returns safely....

 

[HHDomains]

Debris has fallen off every shuttle flight since day one. There was one flight where hundreds of panels were damaged.

This situation is totally different from the last launch. The one large piece of foam that broke off came nowhere near the shuttle unlike last time when it hit the wing directly.

There is no reason to think that the shuttle won't return safely.

 

[dgridley]

Plus everyone has to remember how old the shuttle fleet is.. they all need to be retired anyway and new shuttles built. Comparatively speaking, they're like flying a prop airplane in the jet age.

 

[True_Snake]

Well, I hope they're all safe and return safely too.


True_Snake