Posted
6/30/2006 05:10:00 PM
by Douglas
Five simple words: "Houston, go with
throttle up."But if Discovery is seriously damaged at launch and the shuttle crew is sent to shelter aboard the space station, NASA chief Michael Griffin has said he would consider ending the quarter-century-old shuttle program.
In that case, Griffin said on June 17, "I would be moving to shut the program down. ... I think, at that point, we're done."
Let's save the pre-flight "I told ya so" for another day. A day, perhaps, after we get the crew in orbit.