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New Daylight-Launch Rule Adds to NASA's Flight Challenges.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 18--HOUSTON--If NASA isn't ready to launch a space shuttle by fall 2004, the return to flight may have to wait until March 2005, thanks to new rules that cut the launch opportunities in half.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has declared that all launches for the foreseeable future will happen in daylight, so that cameras can film the shuttle as it streaks into orbit and record any debris that might damage the orbiter.
The agency is adding more cameras and converting others to digital to ensure clear images of the external fuel tank, the source of an estimated 1.67-pound chunk of foam that flew off the shuttle Columbia and smashed into the left wing....
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