Shuttle Discovery Launch As Seen At Aerospace Mecca
by Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien
"It's time for you to return to flight. Our hopes and prayers go
with you," the launch conductor said. "See you in a couple
weeks."
With no countdown holds and no weather glitches, the space
shuttle Discovery was "all systems go" for launch on Tuesday. The
shuttle's crew, up since 0030 Tuesday morning (could you have
slept?), boarded the orbiter for the second time since July 13th,
when their mission was scrubbed because of a faulty fuel sensor in
the main external fuel tank.
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