Discovery's Launch Delays

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Instead of flying high above Earth this week, NASA’s shuttle Discovery is crawling down from its launch pad to switch external tanks, a move that has delayed its flight and caused dismay among astronauts on Earth and in space.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050526_rtf_astronaut_delays.html

 

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It's too bad...we keep throwing good money at something outdated, we need to fast track a new space vehicle and begin the missions to mars, I wish i were still alive to see the first human martian colony,

 

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I agree that we definitely need to be spending more time and resources in better space transportation, although the shuttles are the only things we currently have and they're going to be retiring soon. I personally hope we can utilize them to the maximum while we still have them so we don't have to depend on the Russians for getting our astronauts to the ISS. But again, I do agree that we need better spacecraft.