HOUSTON - Shuttle astronauts spotted three more pieces of debris floating in space outside Atlantis early Wednesday, but officials said it didn't seem their appearance would prevent a landing attempt Thursday.
The objects were sighted during stepped-up inspections a day after the discovery of two other mysterious objects forced a postponement of the planned Wednesday landing.
NASA downplayed the discovery of Wednesday's objects, saying the important question was whether an in-depth inspection of the shuttle showed no damage to Atlantis' heat shield. An initial examination had turned up nothing of concern, NASA officials said.
"It's not uncommon to see little bits of pieces of things floating by," said flight director Paul Dye."
Holy hell, Major Tom! We put everything back together...well, except for that useless crap floating around outside of the window, and we're not really sure what the hell that stuff did anyway. Thumbs up!
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they need to stop dumping garbage into orbit when they do their space walks.
LOL or maybe do a F.O.D. walkdown before they fire up the engines.
At least it shows they were actually in space, unlike they claimed in '69.
We had a saying in the navy -- If you take something apart and put it back together repeatidly, eventually you'll have enough leftover pieces to build another.
The folly of human beings. I suspect there will be a point in the not so distant future when the viritable blanket of impassable space trash "satellites" will force there hand and the human intellect will be challenged with yet another self imposed obstacle to space exploration. Leaving Earth! Even around the house, the "clean as you go" concept is still not very popular. This NASA site helps to put it into perspective for me. Check it out if you havent already. http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/
At my house, the "clean as you go" gets translated into "dad and mom will clean as we go"
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