Shuttle Discovery's launch faces indefinite delay

[Jerry Winchester]

NASA Discovery awaits launch date


NASA late Friday announced an indefinite postponement in plans to launch the shuttle Discovery on Feb. 27. The move permits more time to evaluate a cracked fuel valve issue that arose during Endeavour's November mission.

The two week assembly mission to the international space station had already been delayed three times. It was tentatively scheduled to lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida next Friday at 12:32 a.m., CST, until today's flight readiness review.

I guess it just wasn't meant that we would see this thing go.

[BrianE]

Gee Whiz, the Havasu launch went right on schedule.

[Jerry Winchester]

And it looked just like what the California Space Agency could afford to put into orbit.

[Joe Cannarozzi]

I don't know about that Jerry. If they keep putting it off it may eventually fit into your schedule again.

[jack14r]

I hope it does fit our schedule in the future,thanks for the info Jerry.

[garyde]

I Just thought this would be of some interest; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Airport_&_Spaceport

We West Coasters do have it going on, Yea, uh-huh!