Re: Endeavour Butchered


"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:192ag150fje14448brpo6sduho215tdl1f@xxxxxxxxxx
> On 18 Aug 2005 11:54:06 -0700, genedigennaro@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>Where does Endeavour play into this? Is Endeavour undergoing the same
>>upgrade and refit that Columbia did?
>
> Yes, Endeavour was the last to be upgraded to the glass cockpit, etc.
> Atlantis was first in 1998, followed by Columbia in 2000. Discovery
> was in the OMM at the time of the Columbia disaster in 2003. Endeavour
> began her OMM in late 2003/early 2004.
>
> Endeavour was scheduled to return to flight with STS-117 in late 2006,
> but that will certainly be delayed now.

There is even some talk of not using it again - just talk at this point, but
it's on the table.


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