Electrical Problem Pushes Back Endeavour Launch 30
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timothy
from the use-the-big-outlet dept.
from the use-the-big-outlet dept.
oxide7 writes "The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour hit yet another snag as engineers battle to resolve an electrical problem that scuttled Friday's launch attempt." The upshot, for anyone who wants to watch the lift-off in real time, is that the next likely launch window is toward the end of the week.
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Are you serious?
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It was a question,
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So why, specifically, do you think it was a hoax?
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So why, specifically, do you think it was a hoax?
Perhaps because the moon landing was only 42 years ago?
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If it did happen, how did we loose the technology to do it?
We didn't.
Why cant we do it again?
Money.
Of course not.. (Score:1)
Maybe be should have Niel Armstrong deck the GP like he did that Flat Earther...
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That was Buzz Aldrin, not Armstrong.
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do you want it safe or rushed / cheap like the (Score:1)
do you want it safe or rushed / cheap like the USSR ones in the past or the corner cutting china?
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Every launch in the space race was rushed. Neither soviet nor american equipment was what I'd call cheap. Risky? Sure, but not cheap.
Bah! Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
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Old movie. Now they're made in the communist Republic of China and sold to the capitalist USA and Russia. Weird how things change as time flies.
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The majority also believe in god.
so. belief doesn't necessarily correlate with truth, but it can...
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.... don't know if trole...
If you're just trolling, then you should be marked troll. If you're not marked trolling, well, I guess Slashdot doesn't have a moderation "-1 waste of oxygen"
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BMo
Gee (Score:2, Interesting)
Go figure, its hard and expensive enough to keep a same year Buick running too. This thing is going to exceed 1bil before its done, great for a ribbon cutting and generic middle school "experiments". And where is my alternative energy? Thats right! It got what percentage of JUST THIS FLIGHTS budget? All for a science themed variety show ... in space
and btw osama is dead
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html#10 [nasa.gov]
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/02/us-government-budget-proposals-increase-clean-energy-funding [renewableenergyworld.com]
2.360M / 450M * 100 = 524.44%
Yeah, I agree, we are WAY over spending on renewable energy.
Good (Score:4, Interesting)
I would rather that they fix the problem than have the flight on time anyway due to managerial intransigence and bloody-minded thinking that led to launching in freezing weather and "it's just foam, how bad can it be?"
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BMO
dont fly me? (Score:1)