Scrubbed for Today.
Jul. 13th, 2005 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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From the NASA Human Spaceflight Return to Flight mission web site:
Today's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor onboard the vehicle. The sensor protects an orbiter's main engines by triggering them to shut down in the event fuel runs unexpectedly low. Mission managers are currently assessing the problem. More information will be announced as it becomes available.
Ah, well. As I understand the SSMEs, if fuel runs out rather than just being turned off, they can explode.
From the NASA Human Spaceflight Return to Flight mission web site:
Today's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor onboard the vehicle. The sensor protects an orbiter's main engines by triggering them to shut down in the event fuel runs unexpectedly low. Mission managers are currently assessing the problem. More information will be announced as it becomes available.
Ah, well. As I understand the SSMEs, if fuel runs out rather than just being turned off, they can explode.
