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By
The Associated Press
.
Published: Mon, June 16, 2008 - 1:40 pm
Discovery's blastoff battered the launch pad, NASA is close to
nailing down its repair strategy.
The space agency insists the damage can be mended in time for
the next space shuttle flight.
NASA plans to send Atlantis to the launch pad at the end of
August, for an early October liftoff to the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA allowed journalists to see the damage Monday, two days
after Discovery's safe return to Earth. About 5,300 of the
heat-resistant bricks broke off a wall of the flame trench during
Discovery's liftoff on May 31. Some of the foot-long bricks were
hurled more than 1,800 feet.
The most likely repair is installing steel mesh over the area
where the bricks came off and then spraying on a heat-resistant
covering.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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