Microcracks Could Delay Shuttle Another Nine Months
Credit: NASA
Space shuttle engineers have uncovered another problem that, in the worst case, could delay the next flight until late 2005 from the planned Mar. 6, 2005, date. Microscopic cracks have been detected in the gear teeth of the actuators that open the rudder speed brake on the orbiters' tails. The flaw...
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