Tropical storm complicates planning for o-ring repairs

Tropical Storm Erin has complicated planning at Kennedy Space Center for field repairs to the Redesigned Solid Rocket Motors (RSRMs) poised to lift the Space Shuttle Endeavour to orbit later this month, forcing managers to consider rolling the Shuttle stack back to the Vehicle Assembly Building...

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