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Launch Tomorrow a Go: NASA

Safety board concerns are an 'acceptable risk'

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 10:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – With one eye on potentially disastrous weather, NASA is preparing to launch its most ambitious space mission ever tomorrow, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The launch is a go despite an independent safety board's recommendation to delay because of hairline cracks in Discovery's wing panels. NASA... Read full story »

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