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July 14, 2005

Earliest launch date now Sunday

This just in ... Wayne Hale, deputy shuttle program manager, now says that Sunday is the earliest launch date -- in the most optimistic scenario. CNN.com reports that the faulty fuel gauge continued to show erroneous readings after the main tank was drained. Engineers are still trouble-shooting to figure out what the problem is and how to fix it.

Posted by george_whitesides at July 14, 2005 04:15 PM

 


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