Wednesday, July 27, 2005
If At First You Don't Succeed
For over two years, NASA has been fully aware of, and very concerned about, the foam on the protuberance air-flow ramps of the shuttle's external fuel tank. For that reason, NASA asked America's top scientists to work and keep working and then work some more, until they were sure, absolutely sure, the tank was safe. All that work to prevent and guard against a particular and highly foreseeable failure which, well, happened anyway.
So what is to be done? Ask America's top scientists to look at the problem. So says Bill Parsons, Manager of the Space Shuttle Program at the 6 pm briefing this evening. But this time they're really gonna buckle down and knock this thing out even if it takes all night, cause this is go time, baby!
So what is to be done? Ask America's top scientists to look at the problem. So says Bill Parsons, Manager of the Space Shuttle Program at the 6 pm briefing this evening. But this time they're really gonna buckle down and knock this thing out even if it takes all night, cause this is go time, baby!
