Shuttle launch scrubbed

[cynatnite]

:(

Technical problem...not weather.

[ewagner]

1. Because of weather? n/t

[cynatnite]

2. sensor problems n/t

[Double T]

3. Glad they are NOT taking any chances...

smart decision

[FreedomAngel82]

11. I agree

I was listening to the report earlier on NBC and they were saying they had a bad feeling and I think you should always follow your "gut" instincts. I'm glad they're not taking any chances. I'd rather put things off and be safe then sorry.

[0rganism]

14. Exactly. "Scrub the launch" should be the DEFAULT, not the exception

If we're going to spend billions on vehicles and training for orbital missions, I want that money spent on operations, not disaster investigations.

[Chichiri]

4. A low fuel level cutoff thingy.

One of four on the orbiter. A backup to a backup.

[Bumblebee]

5. More time for Rove today then. Doubly good.

[dogday]

13. No such luck, they are going to press the spaceflight

They are really taking this too far especially when we will go through it again tomorrow....

[cynatnite]

6. I was hoping for it to happen

I'm a huge fan of the shuttle program. I do wish there was more exploration going on.

[jim3775]

7. There is talk in the space.com forums...

that there are no spare sensors laying around. This could mean missing the July launch window and the launch will have to be put off until September.

[leftchick]

8. tell that to cnn and msrnc...

cameras are still panned on the shuttle to no where.

:eyes:

[dogday]

9. Anyone feeling this is getting too much coverage

on TV. We never did this before. Me smells something and it ain't rocket fuel.....

[Liberal In Texas]

10. Naw, it's just after the tragedy and no flights for over 2 years, the

media has discovered we have a Shuttle program again. When things are routine and going well, the public and the media hardly take any notice.

[dogday]

12. Sorry they are just waisting time with this

this is so boring and it will happen again tomorrow? Are we to endure day after day of this?

[sendero]

15. Unpopular opinion follows - read at your own risk...

... I'm done with NASA. I have no faith in them whatsoever. It is now run by the same kind of short-sighted pseudo-managers that are ruining America's industry.

I stood outside and watched the debris cross the sky a couple Febs ago. You'd think that after the disastrously bad decision to launch Challenger, the beginning of the end of our space program, things would be different at NASA.

But they aren't. It isn't run by scientists, it's run by rah-rah cheerleader managers. They've successfully killed any chance for the US to have the lead in space in 10-20 years.

on edit: the Shuttle is the model-T of space. It is a Yugo covered with poorly glued tiles. It should have been retired a decade ago.