"Hoisting Harmony to the heavens." That's how NASA's shuttle
launch director Mike Leinbach summarized Tuesday
morning's launch of the shuttle Discovery, as it sped towards a
rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Sounding a bit like the farmer surprised to see eggs in his
henhouse, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin expressed apparent
shock Monday over the furor surrounding the agency's apparent
attempt to quell a damning air safety survey, for fear of damaging
passenger confidence in the nation's airlines and air traffic
control system.
The countdown to the scheduled Tuesday morning launch of space
shuttle Discovery on the STS-120 mission is proceeding on schedule,
NASA Test Director Steve Payne told reporters Monday. But that
doesn't mean all's clear for the shuttle flight.
It's official -- there is an Asian space race developing, albeit
an undeclared one. China announced Monday it would launch its first
lunar probe this week, according to The Associated Press.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
presented Dr. Jan Roskam with the 2007 AIAA Aircraft Design Award
on October 16, 2007, during a ceremony in Wichita, KS.
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