It's a Launch!

[Ya Vez]

I guess our Nuclear ICBM's out there on our submarines and on russian subs haven't been deemed effective by the boutons research and development corp.

[RandomGuy]

I guess our Nuclear ICBM's out there on our submarines and on russian subs haven't been deemed effective by the boutons research and development corp.

He was talking about the North Koreans' capability.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The ICBM delivery missile is totally doubtful, leaving aside the more important question of whether they can build a reliable nuclear warhead small enough to fit in a missle.

Rove must be ecstatic. More distraction from the Repug Iraq disaster.

The only disaster in Iraq is that our troops have so many ing rules of engagement thanks to liberal s like you that they can't conduct operations the way they should.

Either fight to win or don't fight at all.

[DarkReign]

The only disaster in Iraq is that our troops have so many ing rules of engagement thanks to liberal s like you that they can't conduct operations the way they should.

Either fight to win or don't fight at all.

Soooooo, the Iraq situation could be cleared up in record time if the rules of engagement were thrown out? And those rules were created by "liberal s"?

Jesus man! Those liberal ers have been corrupting everything forever then!

Click the Link

Check out ROE failures. There are 2 types of failures. Which one would you attribute the majority of gaffs made in Iraq? Seriously. For more reading pleasure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private...ary_contractor

[Nbadan]

Back to the original topic of this thread...

A gap filler can be seen protruding on the underside of Discovery near the left external tank door.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It's safe to fly home.

Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship's thermal shielding is "100 percent cleared for entry" in another week....

Only one heat shield issue remained going into the late afternoon mission management meeting: a 2-inch-long piece of fabric filler sticking out about an inch from thermal tiles on Discovery's belly.

Engineers determined it wasn't necessary to have an astronaut pluck the strip during a spacewalk and that it posed no concern for the spaceship's return to Earth on July 17. So managers gave the heat shield an official bill of health.

Officials had already decided that several other nicks and spots -- ranging from bird droppings to frayed fabric -- were no big deal

CNN

NASA planned to post on its Web site Sunday a first-of-its-kind video of Discovery's launch as seen from the reusable solid rocket boosters. The video, recovered last week with the boosters, mesmerized engineers in Houston on Saturday.

Reuseable Rocket Video

Really cool video.