Schedule Slip?
More trouble with the hangar queens: NASA: Shuttles Need Extensive Tail Repairs
Beutel said it takes many months of work to remove the actuators and install new ones. Michael Kostelnik, NASA deputy associate administrator for the space shuttle and space station programs, told the NASA Advisory Council at a March 10 meeting in Huntsville, Ala. that the space agency was considering a repair option that, if all did not go well, could delay the shuttle?s return to flight as much as nine months beyond next March.
