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NASA to launch shuttle despite “relatively high” risk of catastrophe

Posted on June 18, 2006 by bob harris

Is anyone capable of listening to their own experts anymore?

NASA managers have rejected last-ditch pleas from their top safety officer and chief engineer to scrap next month’s shuttle launch, saying that they will press ahead despite potentially catastrophic risks.

The entire future of the space program

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