Kerry quoted on NASA shuttle delay

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Former US presidential candidate hails decision to scrub Discovery launch

Agence France-Presse English Wire via NewsEdge Corporation :


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida July 13 (AFP) - Former Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry Wednesday hailed the decision to postpone Discovery's
launch, saying it showed NASA's capability to detect problems with the space
shuttle.

"You should look at today not as a disappointment but as a system that has
worked," Kerry told journalists at the Kennedy Space Center shortly after
NASA's 11th-hour decision to call of the launch.

"The check system is working and the process found something that needed to be
addressed. The astronauts are safe, the shuttle is on the ground, and they will
address it," the Massachussetts senator said.

Mission managers canceled Wednesday's planned launch because of a problem with
Discovery's fuel system.

Kerry said NASA officials had told him "the likelihood of a launch tomorrow is
very, very low; it's probaly non-existent."

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1. I saw him yesterday

He gave a really nice interview with Chris Jansing on MSNBC. Talked up the space program a bit, said he had made a commitment to come back for the launch, so there he was. Mentioned the tour last year and I couldn't help but get a sense of "and you people decided to turn science into something goofy", but that was probably just me. She also asked him about Rove and he said he didn't want to divert attention from the shuttle with political talk, very classy.

And, once again, how in the world did we not elect that guy. :cry:

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2. I know, it really sucks to be treated like child instead of an adult