NASA limiting shuttle launch pad access due to pressure vessel concern
PAD RESTRICTION: For safety reasons, NASA will be placing additional restrictions on access to the launch pad in the final days leading up to the planned Dec. 7 liftoff of shuttle Discovery on mission STS-116. The agency's concern is over composite tanks, known as over-wrap pressure vessels, which...
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