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To: Nik Naym
“I watched the inspection and discovery of the scratch marks on NASA TV.What they have is a SCRATCH and it is not a big deal. They will analyze it just to be on the safe side, and if need be they can patch it up.

There is nothing here to get all worked up about.”

I am not worked up just the embarrassment of this creaky operation is wearing thin.

55 posted on 05/12/2009 12:34:55 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Cheetahcat

I guess I don’t understand what is embarrassing about a scratch.

Yes, shuttle is old and it is a classic example of what you get when you engineer to political requirements. However it is a testament to man’s ingenuity that they continue to make it work.


58 posted on 05/12/2009 12:37:25 PM PDT by Nik Naym (Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
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To: Cheetahcat

creaky operation..

maybe it is flying 20th century technology in the 21st century, but stuff happens, no matter how much fore- and after-thought goes into putting these big birds in the sky.

I wouldn’t be too embarassed, this is one of the few things the US does reasonably well, foul-ups or otherwise..


63 posted on 05/12/2009 12:42:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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