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May 05, 2005

Problem Discovered During Shuttle Practice Would Have Prevented Return To Flight

Tracking Glitch, Weather Would Have Forced Scrub

All was not peaches and cream during this week's launch exercise in preparation for the shuttle Discovery's vaunted Return To Flight.

They're Standing In The Way Of Branson's Virgin Galactic Venture

Burt Rutan is a little peeved these days, put off by rules that govern the export of technology from the United States. Those rules could very well delay the launch of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, an enterprise aimed at putting big money passengers into suborbital space.