Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Shuttle Problems: ET and Schedule

nasaspaceflight.com has a report on how external tank (ET) issues threaten the schedule for the launch of the next shuttle and how new or revised procedures are being developed to keep the launch of STS-121 on track.

COMMENT: OK, I'm not an engineer. I never worked on the Shuttle. But this story, if accurate, reeks of the "schedule pressure" factor that was cited as a contributor to Shuttle safety problems, and it makes me nervous as hell.

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