A Really Bad Idea

What the f--- is NASA thinking?
In what has to be the stupidest damn decision in the history of mankind--or at least the time some moron decided to invade Iraq based on faulty intelligence--NASA has decided to go ahead and launch the shuttle Discovery tomorrow. This is being done despite the fact that the problem with the fuel sensor that caused the delay in the first place remains a mystery. More importantly, they are proceeding with the launch in violation of their own safety rules. Never mind that the lives of the people on board the spacecraft are riding on this; never mind that a 4.5 billion dollar piece of equipment is at stake; and never mind that if the disaster strikes, it may well spell the end of the manned space program in this country. No, we'll go ahead and takeoff with a faulty fuel sensor.

Here's a suggestion: Take the idiots who made this decision and stick them on Discovery as well. THEN let's see if NASA is still willing to proceed with liftoff.

The danger is that even though there are four sensors, if any two of them register the hydrogen tank as empty, the engines will shut down. And if that happens while the liquid oxygen is still pumping, the whole thing will go BOOM.

Personally, if I were one of the seven astronauts on this mission, I'd go ahead and schedule an emergency root canal for tomorrow.