NASA clears Discovery to launch despite wing worries
Top NASA managers have cleared the space shuttle Discovery to launch on Oct. 23 on the STS-120 space station assembly mission, despite concerns over degradation of a protective coating on three reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels that protect the orbiter's wing leading edges from the 3,000-degree...
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