"Granite" wrote in message
.. .
Discovery can't take off because of a bad fuel sensor ? Are they kidding
us
? The crew is already strapped in, number one for departure, cocked and
loaded. We just put gas in the thing. I saw the line guys top the tanks
earlier in the day. Stick the tank, placard the gas gauge inop and let's
go
haul the mail ! Now it takes three or four days to replace it ? They
need
to find a new A&P, preferably non-union. We are never going to get
commercial space travel at this rate. I'm sure the FAA is to blame too
...
somehow.


Depends. It was reported here, UK, that 1 of 4 sensors failed.

Why so much redundancy ? ; the cost of scrubbing the launch must have been
enormous.