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Yesterday the final crew that came that came out here and flew on the orbiter, on sts 133 came out and visited, walked around the shuttle and their remarks were that seeing discovery go off to the smithsonian, a little melancholy and sad. i hope people appreciate the workmanship and the craftmanship and the expertise that went into making that work over and over again. and that s part of what we don t have, well captured when it goes to a museum. now, in washington, d.c., at around 10:00 to 10:40, go outside and take a coffee break. you will have a fantastic opportunity over many national landmarks in the d.c. area to see the orbiter discovery on top of that 747 doing a low altitude fly over, about 1500 feet on its way to the smithsonian museum at dulles and a big weekend there is planned for the unveiling of the ship and tourists will begin
ShuttleDiscoveryOrbiterCrewOn-sts-133Remarks133PeopleDoesnt-workSadExpertiseSmithsonianHuge disappointment for nasa and for you, too. why wasn t it discovered ahead of this week s launch? the hydrogen leak only appears when they strap it to the belly of the orbiter discovery. only in the last eight hours of the countdown they fill it up with a cryogenic proopponent that the leak might occur. it happened in the summer of 2009 on two separate shuttle countdowns, the engineers redesigned the valve seal and thought they had a slick. it occurred again. it was a big leak they think there is something obviously flawed with the assembly. maybe simple mechanical fix once they take it apart and get a look at the inside. uma: why are they waiting to the end of the month to launch discovery? the problem is thism coming monday it was last time they could launch. after that, the angle of the sun, shining on the dock space shuttle would heat up that combination, the machines would get overheated. it s called a beta-angle
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