Despite
ongoing problems with the fuel sensor, it looks like
Discovery is still
scheduled for launch today in just over an hours time, at 15:39 BST. Despite
feel good sounds coming out of
NASA it's worrying that the launch today may be more driven by political pressures to get off the pad than valid engineering concerns. We've been
there before, and the pressure on NASA to go before the
launch window closes must be fairly severe...
Holding at T - 9 minutes till launchUpdate: A successful launch for Discovery...
Update: Predictably the launch has generated lots of coverage, amongst others,
New Scientist,
BBC News and
Slashdot have more...
Update: Looks like there may be a
debris problem with Discovery...
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