US shuttle Atlantis gets safety clearance
Monday, 10 December 2007
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Dec 9 (AFP): United States (US) shuttle Atlantis got safety clearance to tank up and blast off Sunday after the mission was postponed three times for technical faults, the space agency NASA said.
"All parties agreed that it was a safe thing to go fly given the mitigating steps that we have put in yesterday," said Wayne Hale, shuttle program manager, referring to safety measures after fuel gauges on Atlantis' tank were found faulty.
"So we got basically a unanimous decision to go forward," he added, talking to reporters after the mission chiefs met Saturday afternoon.
"All parties agreed that it was a safe thing to go fly given the mitigating steps that we have put in yesterday," said Wayne Hale, shuttle program manager, referring to safety measures after fuel gauges on Atlantis' tank were found faulty.
"So we got basically a unanimous decision to go forward," he added, talking to reporters after the mission chiefs met Saturday afternoon.