Stuck Knob Puts Shuttle Atlantis in Tight Spot


	Stuck Knob Puts Shuttle Atlantis in Tight Spot

tabsey

6-30-2009 10:16 AM

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tabsey says:

Love the headline.
The rest reminds me of losing something behind the dash.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4b5f1f42-603a-4e0e-b6e9-f1ce13a837e8/94ED4F0B-CDA9-4F0D-B08E-CAE6CDF77595/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090629-atlantis-window-knob.html" href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090629-atlantis-window-knob.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.space.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090629-atlantis-window-knob.html"><SPAN>CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA next
week will try to free a knob stuck between the dashboard and a cockpit window
on shuttle Atlantis - a problem that some fear could trigger lengthy launch
delays or even an early retirement for the orbiter.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090629-atlantis-window-knob.html"><SPAN>But NASA shuttle program
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early to know whether it's a big deal or not," said Kyle Herring, a
spokesman for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090629-atlantis-window-knob.html"><SPAN>A notched rotary knob from
a lighting bracket somehow got wedged between the orbiter's cockpit instrument
panel and one of six forward windows during NASA's fifth and <A href="http://www.space.com/common/media/show/player.php?show_id=30&ep=9">final
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crescent-shaped notches are pressing against the inside of the triple-pane
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