Anyone seeing a pattern here?
Challenger launch in 1986 in January Pushed back time and again. Kaboom.
Columbia launch in 2003 in January. OUCH.
Atlantis launch pushed back to Jan 2008. Lloyd's in London taking any bets yet?
Something I've always wondered. If our military planes can launch anywhere in the world from Nome Alaska to the Saudi desert safely, and we can launch
747's all over the world, too, then why can't the Shuttle handle cold weather? It's supposed to be the 'workhorse' of NASA.Charles the Curmudgeon.