Shuttle Y2K grounding order is based on concerns for the power grid.
POWER DOWN: NASA set the Y2K deadline today for its Space Shuttles to be on the ground out of concern the power grid may not handle the computer date-logic problem as well as the software that runs the Shuttle fleet does. Shuttle managers believe the on-board computer software that makes the...
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