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July 27, 2005
Shuttles Grounded
The Discovery appears to be fine, but the fleet has been grounded.
More to come...
UPDATE: NASA officials announced that after reviewing images from the launch, that "significant" amounts of insulating foam did break free, and while no damage to the orbiter is evident, for safety regions, the fleet is grounded.
This is a huge setback, but not insurmountable. Hopefully this will prompt a rapid development program for the CEV, or prompt a retasking of the shuttle's role in space operations.
UPDATE 2: Full story from SpaceDaily.com
Posted by JasonColeman at July 27, 2005 6:01 PM
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