Shuttle May Return to Space in May

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CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/30/shuttle.return.to.flight.reut/index.html)


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- NASA, recovering from the four hurricanes that halted work at its Florida spaceport, said on Friday it has set a launch target in May, 2005, for the first space shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster.

The launch schedule had slipped several times, and March had been the last target. But work days lost at the Kennedy Space Center put dates available in March and April out of reach, William Readdy, who heads human space flight programs at NASA, told reporters.

This is good to see the shuttle program planning new flights.

[Carl Spackler]

Too bad they are going to be day launches. Night launches can only be described as turning the lights on in the sky. They said they would only do day launches for the time being so they can closely monitor the status of the ship. Hopefully they will do night launches in the future.

[Fr. Dougal]

I'm a bit of a shuttle geek and self-described expert on 'em.
I'd love to go to the Cape and see a launch in person. Who knows when they'll all be retired...