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.

July 23, 2005. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Get the feeling the USA is doing something "W"rong !

July 23, 2005. Coxsackie, New York. Photographer states: This storm brought down trees which blocked roads and knocked out electric power. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

July 23, 2005. Greenville, Tennessee

July 23, 2005. J Six Ranch, Arizona.

July 23, 2005. J Six Ranch, Arizona.

July 23, 2005. Marshfield, Wisconsin.

July 23, 2005. Palmahim, Israel.

July 23, 2005. Slovenia.

July 24, 2005. Marion, Iowa at 4:00 pm in the shade was 108 degrees Fahrenheit. The official temperature was at the airpot of 97 F.

July 24, 2005. Hollow Rock, Tennessee. The barometer is below 30. I always attributed this kind of heat with cloudless skies and high pressure systems, but according to the graph it is raining outdoors. No wind speed. The heat index is 115. We are in trouble. The humidity was 39 with a temp of 83 but increased to 72 with a temp of 92 with what could be a falling barometer. And most likely is. The heat is brewing it's own storms and with that there is no relief from the heat even when it is raining. What is to stop a chronic evaporation of the water until every aspect of Earth is a desert. There comes a time when the air next to the ground is so hot that water doesn't stay there long if the rain makes it down from the sky at all. We are already evaporating our surface water which will mean there is no dew on plant leaves after a very short time on sunrise.