NEWSALERT: Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 2359 GMT
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SHUTTLE ENGINEERS CONSIDER BEEFING UP ALL TANK "STRINGERS"
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NASA managers Monday directed engineers to add stiffeners to some
structural ribs in the shuttle Discovery's external tank. Another meeting
is planned for Thursday to discuss installing so called "radius-block"
stiffeners to the tops of the remaining stringers that form the tank's
familiar ribbed midsection. Work to beef up all 108 stringers almost
certainly would delay Discovery's launch to late February.
STS-133 ARCHIVE:
CONTROLLERS BACK IN CONTACT WITH GALAXY 15 SATELLITE
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Engineers have regained communications with a rogue Intelsat broadcasting
satellite that spent nearly nine months traversing the populated arc of
geosynchronous satellites responsible for television services for the
Americas.
SNAPPED CONNECTORS LED TO INDIAN ROCKET FAILURE
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Investigators have traced the cause of Saturday's Indian rocket failure to
snapped cable connectors, which disrupted critical control commands and
precipitated a fiery end to the launch of a communications satellite.
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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