Monday, July 25, 2005

Gauge glitch won't delay Discovery again


The Crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

I cannot and will not consent to a space program that cuts corners on safety because NASA cannot fix a problem.

Here again Republican Principles that already destroyed two previous shuttles, one under Reagan and one under the current administration is taking 'redirection' of priorities where it never belongs. With Reagan it was efficiency and a program that could pay for itself and with Bush it's a distraction to his disasterous administration.

This is completely heading in the "W'rong direction and the odds something will go wrong increase with every safety measure NASA disarms and changes software to eliminate.

I am outraged at this indignation to safety and refuse to support any further efforts until this program gets turned around. Two down, three to go. Congratulations America you have a certifible maniac in the White House.

The space shuttle Discovery's launch could go ahead even if a fuel-gauge malfunction reoccurs, but weather might delay the lift-off, Nasa said ahead of the first space-shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster.

Nasa ran more than 160 tests but has failed to explain what exactly caused the failure of one of the four hydrogen-level sensors that prompted the last-minute cancellation of the July 13 launch.