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Oil spill hinders space shuttle fuel tank delivery

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Space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, ET-137, is loaded into its Pegasus barge at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for shipment to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.The massive oil spill plaguing the United States Gulf Coast has also thrown a wrench in NASA's plans to deliver a huge space shuttle fuel tank from Louisiana to Florida for the last launch of shuttle Discovery in September.


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Charles Zann on 06 June, 2010 11:26:15
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The BP oil spill is screwing everything up, they need to take this more seriously. We need to also find another means of propellant, oil is to pollutant to our environment.

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