Shuttle Discovery’s Crack Woes Deepen

[/caption] Discovery’s woes deepened this week with NASA engineers finding even more cracks in the orbiter’s external tank. The first crack was noted shortly after a leak was discovered on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) Nov. 5. After the first crack was found, technicians found a second and then a third. NASA found the … Continue reading Shuttle Discovery’s Crack Woes Deepen