Last-Minute Launch Glitch

Anyone know if the vernier thruster heaters are redundant? Can they
fly with a bad one?

http://www.floridatoday.com/floridat...ng-worked.html

On 2006-07-01, Rand Simberg wrote:

Anyone know if the vernier thruster heaters are redundant? Can they
fly with a bad one?

http://www.floridatoday.com/floridat...ng-worked.html

According to Spaceflight Now, that thruster is considered failed for
this mission, others can compensate, so managers have to decide
if they want to fly with the reduced redundancy.

See http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...21/status.html


Iain