STS-121 Launch trouble
 

Heads up - STS-121 problems
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It is Monday, 12:24pm EDT (1624z).
The S-121 Management Team is about to begin a briefing that will be
televised on NASA TV. The purpose of the briefing is to explain the
status of the launch because of the insulation cracks that have been
found on the ET this morning and on some brackets.
The briefing is scheduled for "not before 1:00pm" today (1700z).

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FloridaMilcom/

STS-121 Launch trouble
 

On 3 Jul 2006 09:41:34 -0700, "
wrote:

Heads up - STS-121 problems
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It is Monday, 12:24pm EDT (1624z).
The S-121 Management Team is about to begin a briefing that will be
televised on NASA TV. The purpose of the briefing is to explain the
status of the launch because of the insulation cracks that have been
found on the ET this morning and on some brackets.


Sounds like they're proceeding with tomorrow's launch attempt, but
will be trying to get a better look at the cracked foam area and make
sure there's no ice formation there after tanking.

Brian