Chris Allen Veteran Posted August 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2005 Space shuttle to get critical fix By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter, Houston An astronaut is to make unprecedented repairs to the space shuttle Discovery, the US space agency Nasa has announced. Stephen Robinson will remove strips that are sticking out between heatshield tiles on Discovery's belly. Nasa is concerned the dangling material - called gap fillers - could cause part of the shuttle to overheat as it re-enters the atmosphere. Read the full story here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 The guy is standing right under the shuttle now... mms://63.250.192.40/bcenc202036?StreamID=17062302&sg_id=49573&pl_b=00CEBE2C2A182BB2287EC4A7B142E64A58&Segment=149773&RegID=45496737078404790&ru=NSPlayer&CG_ID=1369081 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trat Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Woo, that space traveling guy is so slow!! Why don;t they invent something that makes it all go faster, like in the Alien movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samg Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 not slow for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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