Looks like the debris falling off of the shuttle wasn’t nothing after all — NASA has grounded all shuttle missions until further notice. Sounds like the astronauts are going to be okay, but I’m thinking maybe Hubble’s SM4 instruments should enter this 7-up contest.
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July 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am
NASA is not doing a good job at projecting an image of steadfast competence. Between this and the Moon-Mars vision, it’s going to be hard to get any money for science at all.
July 28th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
It’s real comforting that NASA says this latest tile damage is nothing to worry about. Not like they’ve ever been wrong about that before.
July 28th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
Problems or “too much” data?
As it was a beautiful launch, but NASA has stopped all shuttle missions due to the debris falling off…
I heard a commentary on a German radio station today that one problem is, that NASA…