Re: Shuttle launch delayed until July

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:01:42 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Now it's going back to the VAB to get those anomalies with how the ET
>behaved during that test fixed:

....I think the mistake made this time was that the condensation
analysis wasn't done with the actual environment - read: second only
to Houstopolis in caustic humidity - used for testing. Simulated,
probably, but not the actual salt-laiden, fish-and-bird***-saturated,
sea air that defies saline's penchant to defy freezing just because
God/Yahweh/Roddenberry wanted to give coastal dwellers a constant
challenge.

....However, the fact that they're going to *fix* the problems -before-
launch is far more commendable than most people are giving them credit
for. They deserve praise for this one regardless of whether they
missed/ignored the problem prior to rollout. In fact, if what I
suspect is true, they couldn't have found the problem without rolling
out and doing the cryo tests on the pad.

Return to Flight *will* happen, kids. Patience is a virtue in this
case, so deal with it.

OM

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