Hydrogen line dent forces NASA to postpone Shuttle launch again

Space Shuttle managers yesterday put the upcoming launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on hold while they consider whether to replace a dented liquid hydrogen line, a process that could take "a minimum of several days" and force elimination of some spacewalks to shorten the mission, according to an...

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