Post-Columbia Launch Delay Raises Questions About ISS Solar Array Deployment

STICKY PROBLEM NASA and Boeing are studying whether the post-Columbia delay in International Space Station assembly might ultimately hamper deployment of the station's big solar arrays once they reach orbit. At issue is whether to return the remaining sets of 240-ft.-long arrays to Boeing facilities...

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