More shuttle fears?
There are fresh fears that there could be further problems with the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Apparantly there is some concern about a thermal blanket below the cockpit. Experts believe that this may have been damaged during lift off when the orbiter stuck a bird. It is feared that the thermal blanket could tear off during re-entry.
Flight director, Paul Hill, said a decision would be taken once engineers had finished studying images of the blanket.
What does that mean? If they don’t like the look of the blanket images they leave the orbiter up there and parachute home?! Could they possibly send another unmanned orbiter up to return the crew and return Discovery at a later date?
The shuttle has to be manned for re-entry doesn’t it?
Matt
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