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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/27/space.shuttle/index.html
"Pieces of debris tore away from the shuttle Discovery during liftoff Tuesday -- despite NASA spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused the 2003 Columbia disaster. A piece of insulating foam falling from the external fuel tank during Columbia's launch was blamed for the deaths of its seven crew. "Until we fix this, we're not ready to go fly again," shuttle program manager Bill Parsons told reporters at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. "You can say that means they're grounded."Several smaller pieces also tore away, a NASA spokesman said. But officials said they do not believe the foam hit the orbiter and damaged the spacecraft."
2 years ago they also said the crew members were not in danger, we all remember what happened
"Pieces of debris tore away from the shuttle Discovery during liftoff Tuesday -- despite NASA spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused the 2003 Columbia disaster. A piece of insulating foam falling from the external fuel tank during Columbia's launch was blamed for the deaths of its seven crew. "Until we fix this, we're not ready to go fly again," shuttle program manager Bill Parsons told reporters at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. "You can say that means they're grounded."Several smaller pieces also tore away, a NASA spokesman said. But officials said they do not believe the foam hit the orbiter and damaged the spacecraft."
2 years ago they also said the crew members were not in danger, we all remember what happened