Hurricanes Disrupt Space Shuttle Schedule
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA at least a week’s worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the space agency’s plans to launch Discovery in early spring.
Charley and Frances caused widespread damage to NASA’s launch site in mid-August and over the Labor Day weekend. Work on the redesigned external fuel tank for Discovery had to be halted this week when Lockheed Martin Corp.’s assembly plant in New Orleans was shut down as Ivan drew near.
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