Cracks don't mean NASA equipment is old, O'Keefe says

NOT OLD: Recently repaired problems with cracks in space shuttle fuel liners and the bearings of the "crawlers" used to transport the shuttles to their launch pads don't mean the equipment is too old, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe says. Cracks were found in the liners of all four shuttles...

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