Storm Threatens to Ruin 2nd Bid to Launch Shuttle
<i> Associated Press</i>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —
Hurricane Opal threatens to ruin NASA’s second attempt to send space shuttle Columbia on a long science mission.
NASA’s forecasters expect only a 30% chance of favorable conditions for the 6:40 a.m. PDT Thursday launch because of rain and clouds from the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
The second countdown began Monday.
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