Shuttle Commander Says NASA Must ‘Do It Right’
From Times Wire Reports
On the verge of a second launch countdown, the astronaut who will lead NASA’s return to space says it’s not important when she and her crew fly, but that “we do it right.”
Discovery is scheduled to blast off Tuesday after a two-week delay caused by a malfunctioning fuel gauge, a “very elusive problem” in Cmdr. Eileen Collins’ words.
Collins and her six crewmates flew back to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral after a brief trip to Houston for launch refresher training.
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