There are many who are lamenting the end of the U.S. Space Program as we know it. The space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to go on its last mission. Representative Gabby Giffords even traveled from rehab to the launch site to watch it blast off with her husband on board.
Well, the mission's been scrubbed again. This is the second time an electrical problem has postponed the launch. To clarify -- it's the same electrical problem. And evidently it's extremely important that this heater coil or whatever it is be working or else the Endeavor would most likely not make it back safely to earth.
This heater issue is not to be confused with all the styrofoam that usually falls off these shuttles when they blast off that nobody seems to care about except maybe the crews on the Challenger and the Columbia.
Stay tuned and fasten your seat belts.
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