The Endeavour Drain

When the space shuttle orbiter Atlantis lifted off to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, the shuttle Endeavour supposedly was poised on the launch pad for a rescue of the astronauts if needed. Little has been discussed on how it took a month to repair the helium leak discovered during the countdown...

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