Nov 24
Looks like our grandchildren may get to see the space Shuttle Discovery launch, after all. NASA has pushed the ship’s final mission back yet again. According to the agency, the launch will take place on December 17th–at the earliest.
The cracks in the fuel tank, which have already caused a number of delays may actually be the result of an assembly issue, rather than the design flaw that NASA initially suspected.
“We have an unknown here–how did something get through our process to allow a crack, and do [we] have a susceptibility to have another one of those conditions?” shuttle program manager John Shannon told the press.
The launch will now likely occur some time between December 17th and 20th.
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