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How We Nearly Lost Space Shuttle Discovery

Woodshedder Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:58pm EST 1 Comment

via Wayne Hale’s Blog

Now that Discovery is safely delivered to the Smithsonian, I think I can tell the story of how we nearly lost her in July of 2005, and how well intentioned, highly motivated,  hard working, smart people can miss the most obvious.

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One comment

  1. MX2101
    MX2101
    April 18, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    You might enjoy this zoomable picture of the cockpit:

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120416-nasa-space-shuttle-discovery-smithsonian-360-tour-panorama-science/

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