Shuttle not safe.

The shuttle is going to blow up once its finally launched, that creaky craft is what, 20+ years old?? Nasa better start cooking on that space plane, like it should have been entering production just as the last shuttle flight happens, but that's not the case, as there is no new craft in the pipeline to replace the shuttles. How did Nasa become so flawed. I blame Sean O'Keefe, man that guy was a fuckin' idiot. Newspapers and broadcast media outlets should start preparing their 'shuttle disaster' stories now, so that they are prepared once this flying coffin blows up.

Technical fault forces shuttle launch cancellation
13/07/2005 - 18:54:34

A faulty fuel-tank sensor forced Nasa to call off today’s launch of Discovery, which would have been the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster two-and-a-half years ago.

The space agency did not immediately set a new launch date.

The decision came with less than two-and-a-half hours left in the countdown.

Up until then, thunderstorms appeared to be the only obstacle to an on-time lift-off.

Launch control said it would take some time to figure out the problem.

The problem was with one of the four engine cut-off sensors, which are responsible for making sure the spacecraft’s engines shut down at the proper point during the ascent.

Nasa said it appeared that the sensor was showing a low fuel level, even though the tank was full.

The sensors “for some reason did not behave today and so we are going to have to scrub this launch attempt,” launch director Mike Leinbach told the launch team.

“I appreciate all we have been through together, but this one is not going to result in a launch attempt today.”