No Shuttle 'Till 2005?

It turns out that one CAIB recommendation is adding schedule
pressure to STS. Florida Today reported at:

"http://www.floridatoday.com/columbia/columbiastory2A13038A.htm"

that the new launch criteria will limit launching to four periods
during 2004: "roughly March 11 to April 6; May 19 to June 28;
July 18 to Aug. 26 and about a three-week period between
mid-September and mid-October". There are also two three-day
periods in November 2004 and January 2005, but if NASA can't get
shuttle ready to fly by October (it has already given up on the
first one or two 2004 periods), then it probably won't be able
to launch until February 2005, according to the report.

- Ed Kyle