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18 years 9 months ago #25607 by Seanie_Morris
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"Kennedy Space Center employees returned to work Friday with orders to be more careful a day after a stand down was ordered following a spate of recent accidents.

James Kennedy, the space center's director, ordered work stopped for two hours Thursday while he addressed nearly 15,000 employees on safety issues over closed-circuit television.

He warned that a major accident could derail NASA's plans to complete the international space station and begin exploring the moon and then Mars.

"We must stop in their tracks the events that led me to call for this safety stand down," Kennedy said.

In January, workers did not lock down space shuttle Endeavour's nose wheel landing gear while transferring it between floor jacks, causing the orbiter to pitch forward. No serious damage was done. Later, workers put too much pressure in the water coolant loop of space shuttle Atlantis, requiring repairs.

This month, the arm of space shuttle Discovery was dented by a platform being used to clean up broken glass. A few days later, an X-ray film container was dropped on Endeavour, requiring tile repairs.

And last week, workers repairing the roof of the vehicle assembly building inadvertently started a small fire. The solid rocket boosters and the external tank, which are used to launch the shuttle, were in the building but not directly under the fire. They were unharmed, said Mike Rein, a NASA spokesman.

Until this week, workers had been under pressure to finish preparations for a May launch of Discovery. But NASA officials delayed the launch until at least July so workers can replace sensors on the fuel tank."

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18 years 9 months ago #25641 by Sir Lafsalot
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Tis a good read that, with all the blunders... its amazing that there are any staff left at all!

"...last week, workers repairing the roof of the vehicle assembly building inadvertently started a small fire. "

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sorry, couldn't resist, Albert!

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18 years 9 months ago #25644 by dave_lillis
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sounds like George B himself is working there. :lol:

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18 years 9 months ago #25646 by stepryan
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sounds like George B himself is working there. :lol:


i think it was a bit more serious than that some guy fell off the roof of a building and died.
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