[RightWhale]

How did Katrina affect the shuttle program?

Damage to the tank facility in NO was surprisingly light.

[anymouse]

Yes, but where do the workers at Michoud live and how do they get to work? The Michoud area is pretty low and not easy to get to even without hurricane damage.

The NASA Stennis test center apparently was fairly well saved, but it too is not easily accessable. The Navy helicopters were taking food and water to those that stayed during the storm, so I'm sure SSME testing Stennis is going to be off-line for a while as well.