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[Previous entry: "Decent article on how to use the EFF's Tor program to surf the net anonymously."] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Neat little puzzle game."] 07/12/2005 Entry: "40% chance the shuttle won't fly tomorrow." 40% chance the shuttle won't fly tomorrow. NASA weather officers are now predicting a 40 percent chance that thunderstorms and other poor weather could violate flight rules for Discovery’s 3:51 p.m. EDT (1951 GMT) launch Wednesday. The threat of storms is up 10 percent from Monday, they added. “We are expecting some thunderstorms and showers,” said shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters during a countdown update here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). “We may even go red during the countdown.” During the countdown? Talk about being a tease. Ironically, the BBC has the best presentation on the safety changes made to the shuttle. Then again, out-doing the US corporate media doesn't really take much.